Ukraine may start shipments of mutton, beef and poultry to China / Photo from UNIAN
Ukrainian Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Vladyslava Rutytska says Ukraine is currently at the stage of agreeing conditions for entering the Chinese meat market and is about to launch the export of processed meat.
"We're now at the stage of approval and survey of China as for entering the meat market, in particular, mutton, beef, and poultry products. Taking into consideration demand and our producers' interest in developing meat exports to China, we've decided to set up an ad hoc group at the ministry that will include representatives of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry, the [Ukrainian] State Phytosanitary Service, and the Chinese Commerce Association's agricultural committee. It will prepare all necessary documents and work out issues to facilitate our exporters' access to the Chinese market," she said at a business forum in Kyiv on Monday.
She also announced Ukraine's plans to export fruit and berries to China.
As UNIAN reported earlier, China is finalizing permits to let Ukrainian producers export oilseed meal to that country.
Ukraine was previously allowed by the Environment and Water Ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to ship beef, mutton and poultry to the UAE. It is also in talks on permission to export dairy foods, fish and eggs to that country.