Malaysia is primed for growth in US pork exports

Published 2024년 7월 31일

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Malaysia is streamlining its process for approving US pork facilities, shifting from on-site audits to paper applications, signaling a potential boost for US pork exports to the country. This change comes despite the country's predominantly Muslim population's preference for avoiding pork. In 2022, US pork exports to Malaysia saw significant growth, reaching 5,170 tonnes with a value of $16.3 million, a surge over 1,500% from the previous year. This growth is linked to African swine fever impacting domestic production and reduced European pork supplies. However, the US Meat Export Federation faces challenges in approving beef facilities in Malaysia due to the need for both a physical audit and halal authority involvement, a requirement that is not present in the pork approval process.

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While Malaysia has previously maintained a cumbersome process for approving US plants, the country is emerging as a promising destination for US pork as it modifies its process, according to the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Malaysia is working to remove the barriers of on-site audits for export approval to only requiring a paper application. “Malaysia had requested to come do a physical audit of five pork facilities,” explained Jim Remcheck, USMEF director of export services. “They wanted a selection of five facilities to physically audit, and then, therefore, if all five pork plants passed the audit, any future pork plants wanting to be registered for Malaysia could do so via a paper application process and not have to post a physical audit in order to become registered.” Remcheck believes the recent approval of a pork facility without an on-site audit is a “harbinger of good things to come.” Last year US pork exports to Malaysia reached 5,170 tonnes with a value of $16.3 ...

Source: Meat+Poultry