Beijing has renewed registrations that allow hundreds of U.S. pork and poultry facilities to export to China, industry groups said on Monday, after lapses threatened shipments to the world's largest meat importer.

Hundreds of US meat plants granted access to China in a 2020 "Phase 1" trade deal with President Donald Trump are set to lose export eligibility on Sunday, threatening roughly $5 billion in trade to the world's largest meat market amid a renewed trade war, reported Reuters .

China’s government has renewed export registrations for some US meat plants whose eligibility was set to lapse, raising hopes that shipments won’t be disrupted.

Export registrations for more than 1,000 U.S. meat plants granted by China under the 2020 "Phase 1" trade deal lapsed on Sunday, China's customs website showed, threatening U.S. exports to the world's largest buyer amid an ongoing tariff standoff.

China is understood to have renewed for five years registrations for US pork and poultry facilities that expired in February and over the weekend, according to the US Meat Export Federation and the USAPoultry and Egg Export Council. Both groups said that US beef facilities had not yet been renewed.