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Brazil is opening up new market in Asia for its meat exports

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Blairo Maggi, recently announced that Indonesia and South Korea are about to open their markets to Brazilian meat exports for the first time. Mr. Maggi also added that Brazil is looking to further expand its meat trade with China and is also in talks with authorities from Russia to launch its meat exports to this country.

Posted on Apr 19 ,10:56

A team of experts from Indonesia are currently on a technical mission in Brazil and will visit several meat producers from within the country. The Brazilian minister said that in the meantime the authorities from both countries will discuss the details regarding the elaboration of the International Sanitary Certificate (ITC) that will enable the shipments of the Brazilian meat products to Indonesia.

According to the minister, a Chinese mission will also be coming to Brazil to expand the number of meatpacking plants that are authorized to export all kinds of meat (bovine, swine, and poultry) to China.

"In addition, the coming of China's long-awaited mission to expand the number of cold storage facilities authorized to ship all types of meat (bovine, porcine and poultry) to the country is due to take place in the first weeks of May," Mr. Maggi said.

In the next few days, as said by Mr. Maggi, Brazil will conclude negotiations with South Korea regarding the export of pork from Santa Catarina, Brazil’s only state considered Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease without Vaccination, the highest protection status.

Furthermore, the Brazilian official said that Brazil is also in talks with Russian authorities about resuming the meat trade between the two countries, suspended since 2017. The minister said that a letter regarding the measures adopted by Brazil to resume shipments to Russia has already been sent to the local health authorities.

Regarding the exports to India, the official announcement was also made that India will begin importing bovine and swine live embryos from Brazil, marking a new frontier into the Asian market. Brazil has been exporting bovine semen to Indian producers since 2016.