Export of pork after vaccination with swine cholera vaccine Hong Kong and other conditional acceptance October 8 14:49
It is feared that the vaccination to prevent the spread of swine contagious disease, swine cholera, may affect pork exports, but Minister Eto, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the 8th in talks with major export destinations such as Hong Kong As a result, it was clarified that we obtained an answer that exports can be continued if certain conditions are met.
Since there was concern that pork cholera vaccination would make it impossible to export pork, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has dispatched two vice-ministers to the main export destinations, Hong Kong and Macao, and Cambodia to discuss them. .
About this, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Eto did preventive vaccination in addition to suspension of export from prefecture where infection was confirmed to reporters after the cabinet meeting on the 8th, even if vaccination of swine cholera started It was clarified that if we met certain conditions such as not exporting from prefectures, we were able to continue exporting.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, approximately 2200 tons and 1 billion yen of pork were exported over the past year. Hong Kong accounts for nearly 70% of the total, followed by Macao and Singapore Cambodia. It is.
Mr. Eto, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said, “We are also adjusting the schedule of negotiations for Singapore that we have not yet discussed. We will continue to work to continue the export of pork.”