Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said negotiations are underway for the start of beef exports to Indonesia. Technicians from the country are in Brazil to visit refrigerators in several states.
The Ministry of Agriculture also informed that South Korea will be another new market that will open for Brazil. The Koreans will import Brazilian pork, provided by the state of Santa Catarina, because it is an area free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. The negotiations will be concluded in the next few days.
“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 May, possibly in the first weeks of country, “Maggi said.
The minister also explained that the reopening of Russia’s market for Brazilian pork is in its final stages. The minister has already sent a letter to the Russian health authorities stating the measures taken by Brazil to enable the return of shipments to that market. Exports to Russia were halted in December 2017, on the grounds of the presence of ractopamine in swine cuts. A meeting between health authorities of Brazil and Russia is scheduled for April 24 for the final resumption of trade.