The National Pork Producers Council is pleased to announce successful efforts to renew registrations of all 300-plus U.S. pork harvesting and cold storage facilities eligible to export to China. “U.S. pork producers now have maintained access and increased certainty to export their products to the 1.4-billion-person Chinese market,” says NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys. “NPPC’s leadership and focus on market access for U.S. pork is paying off, and we’re not stopping here.” Over the past few months, the USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office have actively engaged with China’s General Administration of Customs to renew the registration of U.S. pork facilities that were set to expire or had recently expired. These U.S. facilities have been renewed to export to China for the next five years. Exports account for more than 25 percent of U.S. pork production and support more than 140,000 U.S. jobs. Pork exports totaled $8.6 billion in 2024.