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Germans urge China not to blanket ban pork imports

Pork producers in Germany are urging China not to impose a blanket ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever (ASF) was discovered in a dead wild boar in that country.

The German government is pressing for regional import bans from individual areas hit by ASF and not blanket bans on German pork.

China accounts for nearly two-thirds of German pork exports.

South Korea has already banned German pork imports and Japan is expected to follow suit.