Minister of Foreign Trade indicates that Peru will export donkey meat to China, but producers question it

Published 2024년 7월 10일

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Peru is set to begin exporting donkey meat and its derivatives, as well as donkey and horse skins to China starting July 1, 2024, after signing necessary health protocols with China's General Administration of Customs. However, local producers and breeders have expressed opposition to this plan, citing limited production of donkey meat due to traditional use of donkeys for transportation. The country is also planning to increase its agricultural exports, including table grapes by air, to over 11.5 billion dollars annually. Other products like pork and beef are being explored for the Chinese market.

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After the controversial announcement by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Elizabeth Galdo about exporting donkey meat to China, producers and breeders have denied this possibility. According to the minister, this announcement comes after signing new health protocols with the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on June 28 in the Asian country, where according to Galdo, the donkey is a product in high demand. “By signing phytosanitary agreements, some additional rules have been established to clarify so that products that were not previously entering can enter China. (...) Donkey meat is required in China and is one of the products that would also be exported. We have to produce what the country demands and where there are possibilities,” he said in an interview with Canal N. However, John Chauca, president of the National Association of Beef Producers, indicated in an interview with RPP that the production of donkey meat in the country ...

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