Economy

China adds pork, mutton, beef onto import reporting list

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-16 11:18

BEIJING - China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday announced it had included pork, mutton, beef and their by-products onto the list of bulk agricultural products required for import reporting as of April 1.

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Chinese importers of those products will be required to report their imports to the country's Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce & Animal By-Products, said a statement of the ministry.

The list of bulk agricultural products required for import reporting currently includes soybean, rapeseed, soybean oil, palm oil, among others.