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Tyson Foods gets clearance to China for all poultry plants

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The company will take orders and ship the first batches at the beginning of 2020.

Posted on Dec 18 ,07:54

Tyson Foods has received the export certification to China for all of its poultry plants, according to a recent report published by Reuters. In a statement for the agency, Hli Yang, a Tyson spokeswoman, said that the company expects first orders at the beginning of 2020 and is ready to ship the first batches of poultry from some of the 36 plants owned by Tyson.
China has lifted a 5-year ban for US poultry in November and the industry expects high volumes to be exported in the Asian country which faces an animal protein shortage due to the ASF crisis.
China is an important market for US poultry producers and other major players in the industry, with values up to $50 million per company before the ban. Due to the animal protein shortage in the Chinese market volumes and prices could be even higher in 2020. "The products specifically that would move to China, can't really answer since we've not had access for quite some time. However, it's likely going to be some form of dark meat and wings ... as well as the paws," said Noel White, president and chief executive officer Tyson Foods.
At the same time, demand for poultry in the domestic market is expected to increase, with per capita consumption reaching 44 kilograms, according to the National Chicken Council.
Brazil, another important supplier of poultry in the Chinese market, reported an increase of 28% poultry exports, in terms of volume, in China for 2019. The Asian country also imports poultry from Poland and Spain.

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