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The recent meeting between Argentine President Javier Milei and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the G20 summit in Brazil has yielded tangible results: both nations have agreed on export protocols for a range of Argentine agricultural products destined for China. According to Resolution 1216/2024 issued by the Ministry of Economy and published in the Official Gazette, agreements were reached with China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) regarding inspection, quarantine, and sanitary requirements.
The products covered by the protocols include dried plums, nuts, pork offal, wild aquatic products, and bovine gallstones. The latter is particularly noteworthy, as traditional Chinese medicine attributes relaxing, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and even contraceptive properties to these stones. Furthermore, bovine gallstones, often referred to as "bovine gold," fetch exceptionally high prices in global markets such as Japan, Singapore, the United States, and Germany, sometimes exceeding the value of gold.
The protocol specifies that the gallstones must come from cattle raised in Argentina and comply with China’s animal and plant quarantine regulations. The resolution delegates the signing of these protocols to the Secretariat of Production Coordination, bypassing the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa), which has traditionally overseen such agreements, in an effort to enhance efficiency and streamline processes.
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China y Argentina firman protocolo sobre importación y exportación de carne porcina
