South Korea: Domestic canned ham exports to Malaysia resume after 3 years

Published 2022년 11월 21일

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South Korea has secured permission to export canned ham to Malaysia, more than two years after exports were halted due to Africa swine fever. The country's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has completed negotiations with Malaysian quarantine authorities, allowing for the export of Korean sterilized pork products, despite Korea's ASF-infected status. Lotte Confectionery is the only company currently authorized to export, with the initial shipment expected to be 16 tons, generating over $1 million in annual revenue. The ministry is actively engaging in negotiations with other countries like Indonesia and the Philippines to resume exports of processed livestock products.

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Domestic canned ham is on the way to export to Malaysia again. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Minister Jeong Hwang-geun) announced on the 20th that it had completed negotiations with Malaysian quarantine authorities to resume exports of canned pork. Malaysian quarantine authorities stopped importing processed pork products from Korea in October, the following month, when African swine fever (ASF) broke out in Korea in September 2019. As a result of negotiations for the resumption of exports from September 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs recently finalized discussions on the form of quarantine certificates between the two countries. In this process, even though Korea is not an ASF-free country, Korean sterilized pork products were recognized as safe and hygienic products in terms of quarantine without fear of spreading disease according to international standards such as the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). ...

Source: Nongmin