Ottawa, ON - The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) was pleased to accept the federal government's invitation to join a trade mission to the People's Republic of China.
CPC Chair, Jean-Guy Vincent, joined Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Federal Minister of International Trade Ed Fast, Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird,Minister of Industry James Mooreand Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz for the four day mission to build relationships, promote Canada's safe and top quality pork products and expand and improve trade access to the country.
"The Chinese market is vitally important to the Canadian pork industry, with sales to that country last year exceeding, for the first time, a quarter of a billion dollars," stated Jean-Guy Vincent. "The federal government has worked tirelessly to grow this important market for our products. Trade missions to China help to further strengthen this growing business relationship."
This was CPC's second chance to participate in a trade mission to China this year with the federal government."This was a great opportunity to be part of an important event. I would like to thank Minister Ritz and the federal government for sending a strong message about Canadian agriculture and our meat industry, and how Canada produces safe and high quality products," added Mr. Vincent.
Canada's pork producers and exporters regularly travel to other parts of the world to study what consumers want in these markets and to promote the quality, taste, safety and reliability of Canada's pork products. Canada is the world's third-largest pork exporter and represents 20% of world pork trade. In 2014, Canadian pork was exported to over 100 countries. Maintaining existing pork markets and opening up new markets is critical to the Canadian hog industry.
The CPC serves as the national voice for hog producers in Canada. A federation of nine provincial pork industry associations, our organization's purpose is to
Source: CPC