China plans to buy reindeer from Russia

China has expressed interest in importing live reindeer from Russia. This issue was discussed at the 12th meeting of the Russian-Chinese permanent working group on cooperation in the field of veterinary supervision, phytosanitary control and food safety, Agroexpert reports, citing a source familiar with the progress of the negotiations. Rosselkhoznadzor promised to provide its Chinese colleagues with all the necessary information to assess the risk of supplying these farm animals to the Chinese market by the end of this month. In turn, the Chinese side, according to the source, promised to promptly provide feedback on this issue. Previously, our country has already supplied abroad both these animals and their meat. As Interfax reports with reference to data from the federal center for the development of agricultural exports "Agroexport", owned by the Ministry of Agriculture), over six years Russia exported about 100 heads of deer, including 45 spotted ones, for breeding. The ...