In order to expand and maintain the markets already conquered in Asia and the East, the mission of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) Ministry of Defense began a fifteen-day trip last Sunday, which will include visits to Vietnam, China , Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.
The mission includes the Secretary of Defense for Agriculture and Livestock, Luis Rangel, as well as the directors of the animal and plant health areas, Guilherme Marques and Marcus Coelho, and the deputy director of the Department of Animal Products Inspection, Lúcio Kikuchi.
According to Secretary Luis Rangel, “it will be a great trip to negotiate with traditional importers and to win new customers. Let’s do three big stops. The first will be in Vietnam (Southeast Asian country) for discussions in the Ministry of Agriculture and Development (MARD) to discuss the trade of meats, kids and flours, seeking to expand the number of exporting refrigeration plants. The meetings will be held on the 19th.
“Following this, Hong Kong will host business roundtables with the government’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) and with entrepreneurs, who will be the most important in this mission, as the country is the largest consumer market of all kinds (beef, pork and chicken). From September 20 to 22, presentations will be made to health authorities and businessmen on the traceability and certification of Brazilian products, and will show the Brazilian potential of animal protein supply. Brazil is negotiating a new health protocol with Hong Kong. On the 24th and 25th the scale will be in Shanghai, where the productive sector will make presentations of the potential of the meat segment.
Then, in Beijing, China, between 26 and 29, will be held a meeting with the animal quarantine and inspection area involving the Sino-Brazilian High Level Cooperation Commission (Cosban). The purpose of the meetings is to create a positive agenda for 2019 and to raise questions raised by the Chinese about foot-and-mouth disease and Mad Cow disease (BSE).
In the case of foot-and-mouth disease, Brazil will reaffirm the disease-free status with vaccination, recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), in May of this year. For Mad Cow disease it will be reported that the Brazilian condition is negligible risk for the disease, since there are no cases in the country. “Another important agenda with the Chinese is the attempt to leave with a closed date of China’s upcoming mission to Brazil to enable new establishments for beef and poultry. The roadmap is already pre-defined by the MPLS.
Another important negotiation in the vegetal area is the presentation of the last hits to open the Chinese market for Brazilian melon. “There is a great expectation of the Chinese to buy Brazil’s melon, considered the best in the world, because phytosanitary trading has been going on for a long time and we are expected to align the last details,” Rangel said.
The last scale will be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the team to make a diplomatic visit in order to show the Saudis the care with the exports destined for that market that is the most important for Brazilian poultry.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.