Minister Tereza Cristina (Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) started this Monday (21) a schedule of commitments in China. This is the minister's second visit to country this year.
Tereza Cristina met with the general administrator of GACC, minister Ni Yuefeng. The body is responsible for sanitary and phytosanitary issues in China. On the agenda, the expansion of Brazilian agricultural products exported to China, Brazil's largest trading partner. Technical conversations on the topic will continue this Tuesday (22).
The Brazilian delegation also met with executives from BBCA Brazil, a biological fermentation technology group, to discuss the expansion of investments in Brazil.
Accompanying the minister are the Secretary of Commerce and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Orlando Leite Ribeiro, and the Secretary of Agricultural Defense of Mapa, José Guilherme Leal, as well as the ministry's directors of health issues and animal inspection, agricultural attachés and representatives of the Brazilian Embassy in China.
During the trip, Tereza Cristina will meet with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Han Changfu.
On Friday (25), the minister will be part of President Jair Bolsonaro's delegation, who will be in the country.
Tereza Cristina will participate in the opening of the Brazil and China Business Seminar, promoted by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) and will also give a lecture on Brazilian agribusiness. The minister returns to Brazil on October 26th.
In May, the minister was in China, when she met with the GACC representative. After the visit, China announced the qualification of 25 meatpacking plants in Brazil. As a result, the number of slaughterhouses authorized to sell meat to the Chinese increased from 64 to 89.
China also authorized 24 Brazilian establishments to export dairy products, such as powdered milk, cheese and condensed milk. Certification had been agreed with the Asian country since 2007, but there was no Brazilian plant qualified to export. The Chinese are the world's largest importers of dairy products.
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