Efficiency of Brazilian exporters of live cattle is the target of commercial harassment

If there is a sector under constant threat in Brazilian agriculture, it is the export of live cattle by sea, although it is a legal activity that generates jobs and income for the country. Every now and then, foreign sales of live cattle return to the debate, through legislative proposals that aim to prevent this type of trade, under the allegation of defending animal welfare. This movement, according to representatives of exporters, has another objective: to exclude Brazil from the world market for live animals. Exporters emphasize that the sector complies with a series of sanitary, animal welfare and tax legal requirements. “Few activities are as inspected as the export of live animals by sea. Even so, the segment suffers a real commercial bullying, encouraged by groups interested in excluding Brazil from the world market of live cattle, to keep it under the dominance of our competitors”, pointed out the same source. Another operator in this market pointed out that the ...