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(Includes Datagro's statement on four new export permits, refreshes share quotes)By Ana ManoBEIJING/SAO PAULO, March 23 (Reuters) -China has agreed to immediately resume imports of Brazilian beef aged under 30 months, according to a statement released by China's General Administration of Customs on Thursday.Sales of Brazilian beef to China were voluntarily halted by Brazilian
China's General Administration of Customs approved the resumption of imports of Brazilian beef and authorized the new plants a day after Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro arrived in Beijing ahead of a visit by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week. Sales of Brazilian beef to China were voluntarily halted by Brazilian authorities on Feb. 23, following the discovery of an atypical case of mad cow disease.
(Recasts to focus on end of ban and four new export permits)By Ana ManoBEIJING/SAO PAULO, March 23 (Reuters) - Efforts by the Brazilian government to lift a month-long ban on beef exports to China paid off on Thursday, as Beijing agreed to resume imports while also approving four new beef-packers based in Brazil, according to authorities in both countries.China's General