U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS BEEF IMPORTS
China is in talks with the United States to allow beef imports from cattle up to 30 months old, a spokesman forthe country’s top quality watchdog said on last Friday.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine held talks withthe US Department of Agriculture and the Office of the United States Trade Representative to resume the imports of beef from cattle up to 30 months old. The talks were held during the 2013 US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade in November, Chen Xitong,spokesman for the quality watchdog, said during a media conference.
Talks are still ongoing over some “technological issues,” Chen said.
Chinese authorities initially banned all US beef imports when mad cow disease was found in the United States in 2003.
In 2006, China lifted the ban on beef imports from cattle up to 30 months old and five kinds of by-products.
However, US beef imports to China continue to stagnate due to the fact that US authorities, whoinsisted that China lift the ban on all beef imports and products, refused to issue sanitarycertificates for beef from cattle up to 30 months old, according to the quality watchdog.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-11/29/content_17141681.htm
A Summary Vietnam Livestock Industry from January to November 2013
According to the Department of Livestock Husbandry, there is a rising demand for food about 20-30% towards the Lunar New Year 2014. Currently, the price of pork has been increasing. Specifically, the price of live pig is VND 49,000 per kg, a VND 4,000-5,000/ Kg increase compared to last month. However, the prices of commercial feed have kept increasing highly, which recorded at VND 11,000-12,000/ Kg. On the contrary, the price of chicken is relatively stable during this month with reasonable price, the price of white feather chicken was VND 20,000-21,000/ Kg, the yellow feathers chicken price VND 25,000 – 27,000 per kg.
According to MOA, from January to November 2013, the number of pigs accounted for 23.6 million pig in the whole country, a 0.9% decrease compared to the same period in 2012. The number of poultry reached at 317 million, a 2.94 % increase year-on-year. Poultry meat production reached at 762,300 tons, a 4.05% increase compared to January. Poultry egg production reached at 7,422 million, up 1.7 %.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://www.ktdt.vn/kinh-te/tin-tuc/2013/12/81021539/kiem-soat-tot-dich-benh-va-thi-truong/
The Vietnam livestock situation in the 11 months of 2013
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the 11 months of 2013, the total of pigs in the country was 23.6 million, equally 99.1% year-on-year. The total of finisher pork production reached 3.3 million tonnes, a 2.1% increase year-on-year.
With the poultry industry, the total of the poultry in country was 317 million, a 2.94% year-on-year, in which the herd size of chicken reached 236.4 million. The total of poultry product reached 762,300 tonnes in the 11 months of 2013, a 4.05% increase year-on year. The production of eggs reached 7,422 million, a 1.7% increase year-on-year.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://baodientu.chinhphu.vn/Thi-truong/Nguon-cung-thuc-pham-doi-dao-cho-cuoi-nam/187414.vgp
UK to export pig semen to China in S$92.5m deal
Britain has won the right to export pig semen to China in a deal worth £45 million (S$92.5 million) a year.
Mr Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, who is accompanying British Prime Minister David Cameron on his trip to China, has also embarked on negotiations to export pigs’ trotters — a local delicacy — to China.
Under the deal with China, the “porcine semen” can be flown to the country in frozen and fresh form. Pigs will not be flying but their seed will take to the air.
A No 10 spokesperson said: “We’re doing all we can to ensure that businesses up and down the country reap the rewards from our relationship with China. And that includes our pig farmers. This new deal to export pig semen will be worth £45 million to UK firms and means Britain’s best pigs will help sustain the largest pig population in the world.
“And we’re not stopping there, we’re talking to the Chinese about serving up pigs trotters on Beijing’s finest dining tables. That would be a real win-win — a multimillion pound boost for Britain and a gastronomic treat for Chinese diners.”
The exports start in the first quarter of next year. Four UK artificial insemination centres, based in England and Northern Ireland, will start making preparations for the exports in the new year.
Half of the world’s pigs are in China but the country needs to improve pig genetics. A government source said: “China has an interest to increase the efficiency of their production, while minimising the environmental impact of increased production. The UK industry for pig production can play a large and important role in helping China achieve greater efficiency through the provision of high-quality genetic stock.
“UK porcine semen will be key to help the Chinese improve their pig production and make the industry more productive in the long term. The quantities are not the important factor for this trade; it is the quality that is important.”
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://m.todayonline.com/chinaindia/china/uk-export-pig-semen-china-s925m-deal
Rock Lobster Fishery Gains Third MSC Certification
Australia’s most valuable single species fishery, the Western Australian Rock Lobster fishery, has gained a third MSC certification. With an estimated value of $200M per year, the Western Australia Rock Lobster fisher was first certified back in 2000 and was recertified in 2006. This recertification has again demonstrated that the rock lobster stocks are healthy, while fishing practices have minimal impact on the marine eco-system and the fishery is well managed.
As a result products from this fishery will continue to bear the blue MSC ecolabel, which assures customers that the products come from a sustainable and well managed fishery. These conditions relate to the setting of well defined harvest control rules, the use of data in setting these control rules and the collection of data on the spatial extent of the fishery. These conditions have been agreed by the fishery, and will be met by the second annual audit in November 2013.
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16665/rock-lobster-fishery-gains-third-msc-certification
Dabeinong Technology to invest millions for expansion
Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, a Chinese producer of animal feed and seeds, announced it will spend CNY 618 million (€79 million) on a nationwide capacity expansion program. The main reason driving this expansion is high demand exceeding the company’s ability to supply. According to the company, it will acquire and expand animal feed production lines in five cities for CNY 318 million (€37.5m), and then invest another CNY 300 million (€35.5m) for the construction of a bio-pharmaceutical industry base at its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Zhongke Mufeng Bio-Technology.
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/news/dabeinong-technology-to-invest-millions-for-expansion-12869.html
Corn and wheat prices rise on Chinese demand
Due to high Chinese demand for US corn and the global price of both wheat and corn commodities has risen. The most active corn contract for May delivery rose 14.4 cents, or 2.23 percent, to close to $6.59 per bushel. May wheat gained 8.2 cents, or 1.28 percent, to $6.51 per bushel, however May soybeans edged down 3.2 cents, or 0.24 percent, to settle at $13.34 per bushel.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2012-03/13/content_14821997.htm
Yurun Group Sees Profits Down
Chinese integrated meat processor China Yurun Food Group has encountered a drop of 10.1 per cent of the Group’s gross profits. The company said the decrease was mainly due to the significant increase in raw material costs, in particular hog prices, together with weakened market confidence in the group’s products and the increasing difficulty in transferring the group’s increased operation costs to its customers. The decrease has also been attributed to product promotion activities conducted by the group in the fourth quarter of 2011, which were targeted at retaining market share.
The Group will nonetheless continue to expand its capacity, accelerate the enhancement of its nationwide production capacity in the coming years, so as to further strengthen its leading position in the industry and capture the tremendous business opportunities in both upstream and downstream markets.
http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/29165/yurun-group-sees-profits-down
Vietnam PM Signs Decision so Traders Stockpile Rice for Farmers
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision under which traders will buy a maximum of 1 million tonnes of winter-spring rice crop from farmers for temporary stockpiling, from March 15 to April 30. Vietnam Food Association will be in charge of assigning traders to buy the above amount of rice for temporary stockpiling, and traders will buy directly from farmers in accordance with market mechanism and will be responsible for all business dealings.
The State Bank of Vietnam will support this program with 100 per cent interest free loans during the allocated time period so that traders may complete their transactions.
Anti-Dumping Tariff on Vietnamese Catfish Reduced
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the seventh final results of its administrative review (POR7) on frozen catfish fillets imported from Vietnam. Specifically, Vinh Hoan Group will continue to enjoy 0 per cent anti-dumping tariffs on exports to the US from August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010, while the other 12 Vietnamese exporters involved in the review are still subject to a tax rate of US$0.03 a kilogram for POR7.
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16669/antidumping-tariff-on-vietnamese-catfish-reduced
