Japan resumes pork exports to Hong Kong
The farm ministry said late Monday that Japan has resumed pork exports to Hong Kong, following their suspension due to the discovery last month of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs and cows in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Chinese mainland pork exports in the first four months of this year declined sharply due largely to mounting pig raising cost according to figures from the General Administration of Customs, which stated that in the period January to April, mainland China exported 24,000 tonnes of pork, a decrease of nearly 55% compared with the same period last year.