中國對美國進口的生豬實施更加嚴格的限制
China has imposed tougher restrictions for imports of live pigs from the U.S. amid concerns about a fatal swine virus, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and livestock-industry officials.
據美國農業部和畜牧業官員表示，中國對從美國進口的生豬實施了更加嚴格的限制，這主要是出於對一種致死性豬病毒的擔心。China, the world's largest consumer of pork, has asked the USDA to conduct testing and provide certification that live hogs come from herds that are free of porcine epidemic diarrhea, or PED, virus. The disease has expanded to nearly 30 U.S. states and killed millions of young pigs since it was first identified in the country last spring, according to industry estimates.
中國已要求美國農業部進行相關檢測，並提供相應認證，顯示進口至中國的生豬來自沒有發生豬流行性腹瀉的豬羣。根據美國生豬行業的估計，自去年春天首次發現該病毒以來，這種疾病已蔓延至美國的近30個州，並已導致數百萬仔豬死亡。中國是全球最大的豬肉消費國。
Live hogs represent a relatively small portion of pork-related U.S. exports to China. The Asian nation last year bought 14,000 hogs, valued at $20 million, according to the USDA. In contrast, exporters shipped $703.5 million worth of fresh pork to the country, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, a trade group.
生豬在美國出口至中國的豬肉相關產品中佔比相對較小。根據美國農業部的數據，中國去年進口1.4萬頭美國生豬，價值2,000萬美元。美國貿易組織美國肉類出口協會(U.S. Meat Export Federation)的數據顯示，美國出口商去年向中國出口了價值7.035億美元的新鮮豬肉。
A spokesman for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said the agency 'is both capable and willing' to comply with China's new requirement for testing and certification. But, he said, the government also would 'continue to work with the Chinese' to try to eliminate the requirement.
美國農業部動植物衛生檢驗服務部門(Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)的一位發言人說，該部門有能力也願意遵照中國對於檢測和認證提出的新要求。但他表示，美國政府也將繼續與中方協商，爭取取消這些要求。Some U.S. livestock exporters said Friday that China had denied permits for live-hog imports from the U.S. until the USDA implemented the testing and certification procedures.
一些美國畜產品出口商上週五表示，中國此前已停止對進口自美國的生豬發放許可證，直至美國農業部落實上述檢測和認證手續。A representative of the Chinese Embassy in Washington couldn't immediately be reached for comment on the country's policy.
記者未能立即聯繫到中國駐華盛頓大使館的一位代表就該國相關政策置評。
