Mexico expands market for Brazilian pork, allowing fresh protein to enter the country

In mid-November of last year, Mexico and Brazil signed a commercial partnership so that the North American country could import Brazilian pork, produced in Santa Catarina. However, the agreement provided for the need for thermal processing of the protein. Now, according to the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), after work by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, as well as his ministerial team, the Embassy and Adidancia in Mexico City, the permission for the export of fresh pork meat leaving Santa Catarina for Mexico. "In addition to expanding the supply capacity to the Mexican market, the measure makes the process of exporting pork products to the market simpler, matching the shipping conditions with other exporters, such as the USA (main supplier to the Mexican market). At the same time, it opens up an opportunity to supply these products to other profiles of pork importers", informed the ABPA, in a note. The entity also adds that "the measure is ...