Australian government urges China to sign beef trade agreement

Lead: Sydney, April 9 (Reuters) - Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile will visit China later this week to urge the Chinese government to agree to sign an agreement on beef trade between the two countries AQIS has been trying to sign the agreement According to the authority of Australian beef export industry, it is necessary to sign this agreement in order to enter into the new market with great potential in China A spokesman for Vaile, who will leave for China on Thursday, said on Tuesday that the trade minister will consult with the Chinese government on many trade issues between the two countries during his visit On the same day, authorities denied recent media reports that Australia's exports of beef, rice and garden products had been shut down by China due to its failure to sign an export agreement with China A spokesman for AQIS said that Australia has exported a large number of agricultural products to China, and some trade under provisional agreements can continue in the next decades Australia has not been "shut out" Several categories of goods, including deep-processing products, can be exported to China even without an agreement However, the range of these goods is strictly limited Peter Barnard, chairman of meat and livestock Australia, an Australian organization responsible for beef export promotion, said that Australia's export of beef or other meat products to China has been restricted because of the absence of the agreement In 2000 / 01, Australia exported only $44 million worth of meat to China, according to the Australian Bureau of statistics Barnard added that China "is not a very large (beef) market in the short term." However, it has great development potential " Through the reform, China's meat industry has made great progress At present, the stock of its sheep is 130 million, more than 110 million in Australia, while the stock of Chinese beef cattle is four times that of Australia, reaching 100 million "However, China also has a huge population," Barnard added (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: