# Shijiazhuang Quarantines 6,431 Imported Cattle at Beidaihe Port

> Chinese customs in Shijiazhuang completed 45 days of quarantine for 6,431 breeding cattle imported from Uruguay at Beidaihe port on November 19. The cattle are Angus and Hereford beef breeds for poverty relief programs in Gansu and Inner Mongolia. Disease tests for foot-and-mouth disease and tuberculosis were conducted during quarantine.

- Date: 2019-12-13 · published 2019-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55554-shijiazhuang-quarantines-6-431-imported-cattle-at-beidaihe-port
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

This shipment adds to China's imports of beef cattle, but the number is small relative to market size. Its effect on global cattle prices is minimal.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| FCATTLE | 2025-10-28 | [US cattle futures plunge as import fears grow - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22557-us-cattle-futures-plunge-as-import-fears-grow-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -0.8% | -11.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-07-20 | [​​Imported livestock blamed for Vietnamese cattle price slump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63964-imported-livestock-blamed-for-vietnamese-cattle-price-slump.md) | -2.0% | -2.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-10-27 | [Angola imports more Namibian cattle - The Namibian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50586-angola-imports-more-namibian-cattle-the-namibian.md) | +2.4% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- english.customs.gov.cn: http://english.customs.gov.cn/Statics/da80d761-58e4-4b6d-a06f-109be6d25c45.html

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