According to a recent advisory circulated by USAPEEC, exporters are experiencing difficulties relating to completion of documentation accompanying exports to China.
The question arises as to whether this action is a deliberate policy based on heightened tensions between China and our nation or whether it is due to 
apparatchiks independently working-to-rule.
It is frequently challenging to distinguish between ultra-efficiency involving rigid conformity to procedures or an obstructionist policy decreed by the Central Government. Exporters will recollect problems with shipments to the Russian Federation in the late 1990s. To protect local production and create opportunities for bribery this nation contrived barriers including the alleged presence of pathogens and drug residues and in one case even radioactivity was advanced as a reason to exclude shipments.
The problems cited by USAPEEC involve minor errors and inconsistencies in documents. Accordingly, USAPEEC is advising shippers to ensure that forms are correctly completed with accurate data and to ensure correspondence in information submitted among required shipping documents. The chicken industry should be grateful for the efforts expended by USAPEEC to provide advice and support to exporters and to coordinate with the USDA to maintain exports critical to profitability.