Argentina: Live equine exports to the Federation of Malaysia are reopened

Published 2024년 8월 13일

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The Federation of Malaysia has lifted its suspension on live horse exports from Argentina, which had been in place since November 2023 due to concerns over Western Equine Encephalomyelitis. This decision comes after eight months of joint efforts by Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Senasa, and the Argentine Embassy in Malaysia. The market reopening includes a new risk analysis and the approval of a new International Veterinary Certificate. In 2022, Malaysia was the seventh-largest destination for Argentine live horse exports, and shipments will now resume under the updated health requirements.

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(NAP) The Federation of Malaysia informed Argentina of the authorization to resume exports of live horses, operations that had been suspended since November 2023 due to the detection of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis in our country. The reopening of this market is the result of the joint work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the National Service of Health and Agri-Food Quality (Senasa) and the Embassy of Argentina in Malaysia. For eight months, the national organizations established contacts with the Asian country for the exchange of health information, the configuration of a new risk analysis and the subsequent approval of the new International Veterinary Certificate (CVI). In ...

Source: Noticias Agropecurias