Argentina announced that it agreed to export its first pork to Uruguay

Cynara García Rodríguez In the last few hours, Argentina announced that it had agreed to its first export of pork to Uruguay. According to the announcement, it will ship chilled pitted pulp for the first time at a value of $2,500 per ton. In 2023, Uruguay imported 49,000 tons of pork, of which 96% was supplied by Brazil, but imports from that country are now affected by floods in the south of Brazilian territory. The Argentine Government reported that the opening of the Uruguayan market is the result of negotiations carried out by the Secretary of Bioeconomy of Argentina, Fernando Vilella, with the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, Fernando Mattos. Initially, there will be three refrigerators authorized to export. However, those refrigerators that are considered suitable for export may be added, complying with the requirements of the Uruguayan health service. The Bioeconomy Secretariat stated in a statement that “Argentine pork ...