BUENOS AIRES — Argentine has sent its first shipment of chilled pork to China, the government of the South American farming powerhouse said on Wednesday, as China’s pork imports rise due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever at home. The shipment included 26 tonnes of pork cuts, according to a statement from the Agriculture Ministry in Buenos Aires. Argentina announced it had clinched a deal in April to access the world’s biggest pork market. Argentina, already a major world supplier of soybeans, corn, wheat and soymeal livestock feed, is pushing to increase exports of pork and beef. Chinese pork imports could reach record levels of as much as 4.6 million tonnes next year, Dutch financial services firm Rabobank said this month.

Source: National Post November 21, 2019 01:07 UTC