MAPA mission in India ensures market opening for bone derivatives and expands access to bovine genetic material of Brazil

To strengthen trade relations and expand access for Brazilian products to the Indian market, a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) recently visited New Delhi, the capital of India. During the mission, two International Zoosanitary Certificates (CZIs) were signed with the competent Indian authority, formalizing improvements in the export conditions for bovine and buffalo semen, as well as bovine embryos, and agreeing to open the market for bone derivatives intended for the production of gelatin (Bone Chips). These agreements, negotiated since 2019, open up new possibilities for the Brazilian livestock sector and reinforce Brazil as a prominent supplier to the Indian market. The achievement was formalized in the presence of the Deputy Secretary of Trade and International Relations of MAPA, Julio Ramos, who represented Secretary Luís Rua and led the Brazilian delegation in India, alongside the agricultural attaché, Ângelo de Queiroz, with the full support ...