June 1, 2020
Sanderson Farms: China will stop buying US chicken in June
Lampkin Butts, Sanderson Farms' president said China is unlikely to purchase chicken from the United States in June because it is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.
Butts said China had purchased plenty of product in expectation for the reopening of the US economy, but restaurants in China have not fully resumed operations.
In November last year, China lifted a ban on US poultry imports as it looked to boost local meat supplies after the African swine fever decimated its swine herd.
There have been growing tensions between China and the United States because of China's management of the pandemic outbreak.
- Reuters