China lifts import ban on U.S., Canada, Mexico pork

• china has lifted its bans on imports of pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, its quarantine bureau said on Tuesday, but analysts said the move would not likely lead to a surge of new imports.

The lifting of the ban had been expected earlier by officials in United States, the largest pork exporter, which exported $560 million to China in 2008.

China’s pork imports this year have fallen partly because China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, has increased its own production, driven by Beijing’s subsidies over breeding sows.