Lithuania claims problems in obtaining new permits for food export to China

China has stopped negotiating new permits for the export of food from Lithuania to the PRC amid growing political tensions between Vilnius and Beijing. As the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania Mantas Stashkevicius told BNS, in particular, Lithuania was negotiating permits for the export of feed, edible by-products with China, but all the complicating negotiations eventually ended. "They stopped agreeing on certificates, questionnaires are not being filled out, because they do not have enough audits, and so far everything has stopped and is no longer coordinated. We have not received instructions from their side that the approval of products will be stopped. They just do not agree and that's it, I can’t comment on why, "Stashkevicius said. The service does not have information that there were difficulties with the export of milk, meat and other products to China under already concluded contracts, but there are some signs of problems in this area. “So far, ...