China has prolonged its investigation into imported pork from the EU by six months, in what’s being seen as a optimistic signal by the EU pork sector.
Days earlier than the investigation was as a result of be accomplished, China’s commerce ministry has introduced it’s extending the investigation interval to December 16 because of the ‘complexity of the case.
China imported $4.8 billion price of pork, together with offal, in 2024 – over half of it from the EU, with Spain the most important exporter.
The choice additionally comes because the China and the US stay embroiled in a commerce dispute, sparked by Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Cautious welcome
Reuters studies that the extension of the probe was cautiously welcomed by EU pig business representatives.
“We’d slightly that they take the time for consultations earlier than any resolution,” stated Anne Richard, director of French pork business affiliation INAPORC.
Nonetheless, Giuseppe Aloisio, director basic of Spain’s meat business affiliation ANICE, stated the prolonging of the probe ‘means six extra months of ready, which suggests the cloud hanging over us will stay’, however added that ‘we stay assured and calm’.
In April, China expanded entry for Spanish cherries and a few pork merchandise.
