Overview
- Chinese economic and commercial counselor An Guanghui told the China Agribusiness Day audience that Beijing wants to buy many more higher‑value Argentine products.
- Argentine speakers said the country supplies about 3% of China’s agroindustrial imports, while China–Brazil trade is roughly ten times larger.
- Exporters pointed to case‑by‑case protocols, slow approvals and high tariffs as binding constraints, citing a 30% duty that stalls blueberries and a poultry market still shut despite Argentina’s avian‑influenza‑free status.
- Officials noted 16 biotech events approved in the past 24 months, yet industry contrasted that pace with Brazil’s far faster soybean-related approvals and called for better logistics and long‑term policy certainty.
- Recent steps include the first Argentine wheat shipment to China, as sectors seek openings for items such as centolla for direct consumption and expanded beef and oil product lines.