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China may face problems with meat exports 28 Sep 2009
China may face a big problem regarding the export of its meat in the coming years, suggests new market research.
By Evegen Vorotnikov
Recently the country became the world’s largest meat producer, providing 29% of the global production, however, despite such levels of production and the current high meat consumption in the country, the quality of Chinese meat remains extremely low.
This has already resulted in the restriction of its supply to most developed countries, as well as Russia.
Quality of meat worsening
This has already resulted in the restriction of its supply to most developed countries, as well as Russia.
Quality of meat worsening
In addition, according to analysts, the quality of Chinese meat is steadily worsening and this is especially vital amid the developing world food crisis.
One of the reasons of such tendency is an ongoing vast disorder in the Chinese Veterinary System, excluding the possibility of exercising control over the quality of livestock products.
If in 2005-2006 the share of Chinese meat in Russian markets (as well as other Eastern European markets) was significant, which ranged within 100,000 to 250,000 tonnes, but today, it is very low due to the activities of the Russian Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Monitoring Service).
Diseases in meat imports
One of the reasons of such tendency is an ongoing vast disorder in the Chinese Veterinary System, excluding the possibility of exercising control over the quality of livestock products.
If in 2005-2006 the share of Chinese meat in Russian markets (as well as other Eastern European markets) was significant, which ranged within 100,000 to 250,000 tonnes, but today, it is very low due to the activities of the Russian Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Monitoring Service).
Diseases in meat imports
Most of the bans were imposed because of frequent cases of contamination of certain dangerous diseases in the Chinese meat imports, including foot-and-mouth disease, and Siberian plague.
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