China and the Peruvian Potential for Chicken Feet Exports

Peru's goal is to open more and more markets for its agricultural products, and this effort is clearly seen in how it has gone from a pace of five to seven markets annually to opening 19 markets last year. And the goal for this year is to open 26 markets. Minister of Agrarian Development Ángel Manero recalled this goal and welcomed in this context the publication by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) of Peru's self-declaration as a country free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry. This fact brings a great opportunity: "We aim to export chicken pieces to the Chinese market this year, starting with chicken feet, and without a doubt, this declaration (from WOAH) of being a country free of avian flu is the beginning of this process. It is tremendously important for producers," he said. For food analyst Jorge Niño de Guzmán, Peruvian chicken feet exports would be "a historic step in poultry product exports" to China, one of the world's largest and most ...