Successful efforts of the pork industry have led to renewed registrations of all 300+ U.S. pork harvesting and cold storage facilities eligible to export to China.
“U.S. pork producers now have maintained access and increased certainty to export their products to the 1.4-billion-person Chinese market,” NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys, says in a release. “NPPC’s leadership and focus on market access for U.S. pork is paying off, and we’re not stopping here.”
USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative have actively engaged with China’s General Administration of Customs to renew the registration of U.S. pork facilities that were set to expire or had recently expired. These U.S. facilities have been renewed to export to China for five years, NPPC says.
“China remains an important destination for certain types of U.S. pork products, such as offals, that return more value to U.S. pork producers than in other markets,” NPPC says in a release. “This underscores the continued focus by NPPC on access to as many markets as possible, ensuring high value destinations are accessible for the many different types of pork products produced in the U.S.”
U.S. exports about 25% of its pork production and supports more than 140,000 U.S. jobs. In 2024, U.S. pork producers exported $8.6 billion of pork products.
More than 367,000 metric tons of U.S. pork were exported to China in 2024, NPPC points out. This is worth over $1.1 billion. Approximately 55% of pork variety meats (offal) exports go to China.
“NPPC will continue to advocate for market access for U.S. pork products and facilities,” the organization says.
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