It is difficult for Chinese poultry to enter the UK market

Introduction: on May 24, 2001, the European Union released restrictions on the poultry market of 14 poultry meat factories that have obtained qualification in China Although many British poultry meat importers are interested in operating Chinese poultry meat, there are still obstacles for Chinese poultry meat to enter the UK market due to some actual restrictions At present, the European Union only liberalizes the ordinary non salted poultry market for China, but it is understood that due to the different import tariffs, the UK does not import ordinary poultry with high tariffs at present, but mainly imports salted poultry with low tariffs (simple treatment, as long as the poultry contains salt) The import tariff of common poultry meat in the UK is about 900 US dollars / ton, and the extra special tariff (super levy) is about 300-600 US dollars / ton The level of special tariff is determined by the import price If the price is high, the tariff is low, and if the price is low, the tariff is high The import tariff of salted poultry is 15% According to the importers, for example, the CIF price of chicken imported from China is about 2000 US dollars / ton, such as 3300 US dollars / ton plus tariff; while the main poultry suppliers such as Brazil and Thailand, in order to avoid the high tariff of common poultry meat, export to the UK is mainly salted, and the duty paid price is only about 2100-2800 US dollars / ton, and there is a further downward trend at present, salted poultry Meat can be changed into common poultry meat after simple treatment and salt removal Because the price is not dominant and the quality is almost the same, Chinese poultry cannot compete with it at all Many UK importers believe that EU market liberalization for Chinese poultry is also an opportunity for them, but the first step is to identify the above obstacles.