Export Compliance Daily is a Warren News publication.

US Pet Food Exporters Have Opportunity to Increase Chinese Market Share, USDA Says

U.S. exporters of pet food may benefit due to a significant increase in demand in East Asia, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service reported Aug. 25. USDA specifically pointed to China, which has seen a “significant rise” in…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.

household pets and removal of some trade barriers for imports of pet food as part of the phase one trade deal, “paving the way for a substantial increase in sales.” The USDA said exports of U.S. pet food to China from January through June increased 124% compared with the same period last year. The decreased trade restrictions “may present a unique opportunity to increase U.S. market share in the Chinese pet food market,” the USDA said.