Russian pork producers seek to capitalise on EU trade rift

Russian pork producers are aiming to capture 10 per cent of China’s pork import market in the coming years from a standing start, seeking to take advantage of trade tensions between the European Union and China, the world’s biggest pork consumer.

Russia did not export any pork to China until February, when Beijing authorised three Russian producers to sell pork into the $3.5 billion Chinese import market, which is dominated by EU producers with a 51 per cent share.

The trade...