Growing sales of veal to China are at a standstill due to a Chinese import ban

Due to the bluetongue virus, China has banned the import of Dutch and Belgian ruminants and products made from ruminants since Monday, October 23. The Central Organization for the Beef Cattle Sector (COV) states that it is not yet clear whether this ban also applies to meat. If the ban also applies to meat, then according to the Central Organization for the Beef Cattle Sector (COV), this import ban does not have an immediate impact on the Dutch beef sector. The COV reports that the import of Dutch beef into China was temporarily stopped in February due to an atypical case of BSE in the Netherlands. Although atypical BSE is not contagious and poses no risk to humans or animals, China always automatically imposes an import ban. “The temporary import ban due to BSE is still in place,” says Ruben van Rooij of the COV. Growing market for Dutch veal Van Rooij sees pain points for the future. 'Before the import ban due to BSE, we exported veal to China. These were relatively small ...