Early in the morning of August 23, under the supervision of Tianjin Customs officers, the last car of imported breeding cattle was transported to the quarantine field, so far, this batch of 14,000 breeding cattle from New Zealand, which is also the largest batch of live cattle imports in domestic history, the final unloading began their entry quarantine period in China。
This batch of live cattle including Holstein, Angus, Juan Shan, Heiford, on August 20 aboard the world's largest professional live animal transport ship "OCEAN DROVER", successfully docked at Tianjin port。
In order to ensure the smooth entry of this batch of the largest number of breeding cattle in history, Tianjin Customs multi-department linkage, tailored port supervision and quarantine plan for the batch of imported breeding cattle 1 month in advance, complete the seamless connection of port quarantine and quarantine supervision operations, and ensure the rapid clearance of the batch of breeding cattle。
Ten days before the entry of the breeding cattle, the Xingang Customs under Tianjin Customs stopped strict epidemic prevention and disinfection of the isolation field and related quarantine equipment and equipment, and stopped fumigation of the forage and feed fed during the quarantine and quarantine of the breeding cattle, in order to ensure the safety and health of the "new home" of the imported breeding cattle。
In the evening of August 20, after the transport ship docked, the port Customs of Tianjin Customs immediately launched the embarkation research and port quarantine work, while the docking and unloading site stopped epidemic prevention and disinfection。At 8:00 a.m. on August 21, the unloading operation officially began。Until 24 p.m. on 22 August，After nearly 40 hours of discontinuous on-site unloading supervision operations by Tianjin Port Customs officers，All 14,000 New Zealand breeding cattle that passed the port quarantine have landed at Tianjin port，The cattle were sent to two designated quarantine farms in Tianjin Dagang and Ningchegu for a 45-day quarantine period。During the quarantine period, Tianjin Xingang Customs will deploy customs officers to supervise the field 24 hours a day, and complete the collection of samples within 7 days of the breeding cattle entering the quarantine field。
It is reported that after the expiration of the quarantine period, the cattle will be shipped to local pastures in Gansu, Yunnan, Fujian, Shanxi, Shandong, Ningxia and Guangdong。Some qualified breeding cattle will be used in designated dairy farming poverty alleviation projects in Ningxia, Yunnan and other regional countries to promote the local breeding industry and help regional farmers get out of poverty。
Source: General Administration of Customs