Agriculture minister starts commitment agenda in China

This Monday (10/21), the minister Tereza Cristina (Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply) began the agenda of commitments in China. This is the minister’s second visit to the country this year.

Tereza Cristina met with GACC’s general manager, Minister Ni Yuefeng. The agency is responsible for sanitary and phytosanitary issues in China. On the agenda was the expansion of Brazilian agricultural products exported to China, Brazil’s largest trading partner. Technical talks on the theme will continue on Tuesday (10/22).

The Brazilian delegation also met with executives from BBCA Brazil, a biological fermentation technology group, to discuss the expansion of investments in Brazil.

Accompanied by the minister are the Secretary of Commerce and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Orlando Leite Ribeiro, and the Secretary of Agriculture Defense of Mapa, José Guilherme Leal, as well as the Ministry of Health and Animal Inspection Directors, agricultural attachés, and representatives of the Brazilian Embassy in China.

During the trip, Tereza Cristina will meet with China’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Han Changfu.

On Friday (10/25), the minister will join the entourage of President Jair Bolsonaro, who will be in the country.

Tereza Cristina will attend the opening of the Brazil and China Business Seminar, sponsored by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), and also a lecture on Brazilian agribusiness. The minister returns to Brazil on October 26.

Exports to China

In May, the minister was in China when she met with the GACC representative. After the visit, China announced the enablement of 25 Brazilian slaughterhouses. As a result, the number of meatpacking machines authorized to sell meat to the Chinese went from 64 to 89.

China has also enabled 24 Brazilian establishments to export dairy products such as milk powder, cheese, and condensed milk. The certification was agreed with the Asian country since 2007, but there was no Brazilian plant qualified to export. The Chinese are the world’s largest dairy importers.

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