Romania gets green light to export pork to China
By: Reuters | Mar 17 2015 at 04:04 PM | International Trade
European Union member Romania, has gained approval to export frozen pork to the Chinese market, the agriculture ministry said.
"China's decision to import pork from Romania is a great achievement for our economy ... today we can talk about a concrete step towards durable develoopment of our farming sector," minister Daniel Constantin said in a statement.
He added that Smithfield Romania SA, a unit of U.S. group Smithfield Foods Inc has an official letter from Chinese authorities regarding approval for its registration in the Asian state. (Reuters)