China issues countrywide ban on Brazilian poultry imports

Beijing | Reuters—China has issued a ban on all imports of poultry and associated merchandise from Brazil over an avian influenza outbreak, two weeks after suspending import functions from the nation’s poultry farms.

All direct and oblique Brazilian poultry imports are banned, and shall be returned or destroyed if introduced or mailed into the nation, China’s Basic Administration of Customs mentioned in an internet site discover dated Could 29.

Why it issues: Brazil is the largest global poultry exporter and China’s largest rooster provider.

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It additionally mentioned all animal and plant waste from inbound ships from Brazil should be handled beneath customs’ supervision and never discarded with out authorization.

Brazil, the world’s largest poultry exporter and China’s largest rooster meat provider, confirmed a bird flu outbreak on a business poultry farm within the metropolis of Montenegro in its southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul on Could 16, triggering a slew of worldwide commerce bans.

The Brazilian authorities had requested China to limit its embargo to poultry merchandise simply from the town the place the outbreak occurred, however Beijing’s announcement confirmed it had shrugged off the decision for a restricted ban.

China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are among the many major locations for Brazil’s rooster exports. The opposite three international locations imposed solely statewide bans.

The European Union and South Korea have additionally banned Brazilian rooster.

Brazil exported some $10 billion of rooster meat in 2024, accounting for about 35 per cent of worldwide commerce, making a nationwide ban painful not only for Brazilian farmers but additionally main importers.

Brazilian farmers have been relying on warming relations between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Chinese language President Xi Jinping to ease the poultry commerce ban.

—Reporting by Ella Cao, Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee