The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, reported this Tuesday (12.11.2019/19/91) that China has authorized another XNUMX local meat processing plants with the capacity to export to that Asian country, adding up to a total of XNUMX meat processing plants that have access to the Chinese market.
«China has opened 19 more meat processing plants for beef, poultry, pork and sheep. There are now 91 plants that have access to China"the minister reported via his virtual account on the social network Twitter.
Etchevehere, who recently participated in the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) held in the city of Shanghai, indicated that from January to September of this year, Argentina became the main supplier of beef to China.
«Historic! More employment, investment and development", celebrated the head of the Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries portfolio.
Last week, Etchevehere reported that domestic plants such as Catter Meat, Edgard A. Ciribe, Campo y Faena, Santa Faz and Frigorífico Hv had been authorized to export meat to the Asian country.
During his participation in the second CIIE, which was attended by some 55 Argentine companies, the minister highlighted that "in the first nine months of the year, Argentina doubled agricultural exports to this country, compared to the same period in 2018."
«During this period, beef exports increased by 122%. Poultry meat by 92%. Soybean oil by 152%.. Exports of squid (16%), peanut oil (50%) and pine wood (69%) also increased.", the headline said.
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