China lifts ban on Brazilian beef produced before mad cow disease case

China announced on Monday (26) that it will be lifting the ban on all Brazilian beef produced until February 22, one day before Brazil suspended the production and export of meat following the detection of an atypical case of mad cow disease in a nine-year-old animal on a rural property in Pará.

Roberto Perosa, the Secretary of Commerce and International Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture, stated that approximately 40,000 tonnes of beef, worth around US$1 billion, will now be eligible for export.

In late April, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) had already allowed the export of beef stocks produced in Brazil before February 21. However, the ban on Brazilian beef produced on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of February continued, as well as any shipments made after February 23.

Perosa revealed that the previous authorization had facilitated the export of approximately 10,000 tonnes of Brazilian beef. Still, most of the remaining stock only received approval from the Chinese government on Monday.

The chart below uses DataLiner data to show Brazil’s beef exports in containers to China between Jan 2019 and Apr 2023.

Beef exports to China | Jan 2019 – Apr 2023 | WTMT

Source: DataLiner (click here to request a demo)

Brazil experienced a 29-day export hiatus to China from February 21 to March 23 this year due to the atypical case of mad cow disease.

Source: Valor Econômico

To read the original report, see: https://valor.globo.com/agronegocios/noticia/2023/06/26/china-libera-entrada-de-carne-bovina-brasileira-vetada-aps-caso-atpico-de-mal-da-vaca-louca.ghtml

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