To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the time taken to begin trade with China in pigs' trotters since the protocol on such trade was signed in November 2015.
Answered on
22 July 2016
The signing of the protocol was an important stage in reaching agreement for the export of UK pigs’ trotters to China. We are now completing the additional requirements as part of the normal process of finalising the agreement with China.