BREAKING NEWS
:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/XSAGEVFXHRD6ZDPMO2EPBSYC3U.jpg)
US meat industry puzzled by China's import ban for 1 plant
Read full article: US meat industry puzzled by China's import ban for 1 plantChina's decision to ban imports from a single Tyson Foods poultry plant where there was a coronavirus outbreak has raised concerns about the implications on the U.S. meat industry if the action is expanded to other plants. Chinese customs officials didn't hint about expanding the ban in a short statement it issued about suspending imports from the plant in Springdale, Arkansas. China became the fourth-largest market for American poultry in the first quarter after it lifted a five-year ban on those products. Meat exports grew significantly throughout the first three months of the year despite the fact that dozens of U.S. meatpacking plants closed temporarily after outbreaks of the coronavirus among their workers. And the U.S. Meat Export Federation trade group said pork exports jumped 40% and beef exports grew 9% during the first three months of the year.