In the city of Alashankou in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region in Northwest China began construction of a slaughterhouse where to hide live cattle imported straight from Kazakhstan, according to April 2, Xinhua news Agency.
Another 140 thousand animals will undergo a quarantine process before to be boarded on the second phase of the construction project, the construction of which will be completed in October 2020.
The representative of the Ministry of agriculture of Kazakhstan Aman Utegulov noted that 10 thousand farms, as well as 5 to 6 thousand factories of food industry of Kazakhstan will be engaged in the supply of meat for the Chinese project.
Note that the Chinese authorities are creating on the basis of the Alashankou land port of import meat, food products and automobiles. More than 18 million tons of cargo passed through the port in 2018 with a total value of 77.9 billion yuan, up by 8.9% and 7.3% respectively higher than a year earlier.