China lifted an anti-dumping measure on chicken meat imported from Brazil, which was in force since 2019, enabling a surge in such imports from the South American country.
The measure included a surcharge of 17.8% on imports, to 34.2% and its end was celebrated by the Brazilian government and the private sector.
According to Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, an important factor was the rapprochement between Beijing and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“This should greatly increase the export of chicken to China, valuing the Brazilian product and generating more jobs here. President Lula has been in China, made a rapprochement between Brazil and China in economic complementarity, in trade and in the attraction of investments”, said Alckmin.
The president of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), Ricardo Santin, said the decision of the Chinese government will make Brazil again compete with the same advantages of other suppliers in the sale of the product to the Asian country and will still have a positive financial impact, since the total exported to China, even with the trade barrier, is around USD 1 billion per year.
“The decision is good, because it will give competitiveness to Brazil and will improve the profile of sales in profitability and in the ability to serve Chinese importers,” he said.
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Santin stressed that the measure is an important proof of the good relations built between the governments of Brazil and China, and between the entities of the private sectors of the two countries.
With the end of the anti-dumping tariffs, he added, Brazilian exporters, who are already the main external suppliers of chicken meat to the Chinese market, will again compete on an equal footing with other exporters.
