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U.S. Pork Kept Out of Africa

At a recent hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) highlighted Africa’s call for the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGAO) while at the same time calling for the removal of South Africa and Nigeria from the agreement because of trade barriers on imports of U.S. pork. AGOA was authorized in 2000, and re-authorized in 2015 until September 2025. Per NPPC, South Africa, which has been resistant to U.S. broiler exports, but is increasing its beef imports, provides no market access for pork offal, which the U.S. industry sees as a key potential market. There are a number of other non-tariffs trade barriers, such as a lack of guidance for the requirement that lymph nodes be rem...

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