In Argentina, more provinces join the race to export goat meat: after the Chaco case, Córdoba and Mendoza set their eyes on Asian markets

Last September the news was known that the province of Chaco resumed the export of goat meat to the Bahamas, Angola and San Martin Island, after being held back for five years. Now goat producers from Córdoba and Mendoza are joining this race, although with their eyes on the Asian continent. The Cordovan case is more advanced, having shipped 17 tons of this type of meat earlier this week. After the Cruz del Eje cold store was authorized to export this type of product, Senasa certified that export to Siri Lanka. Of the 51 tons of bone-in meat that are agreed to export to that country, 38 have already been controlled by that entity. "It is a fact of great importance since in Argentina the goat is not an animal that is consumed on a regular basis," said Patricio Flores, vice president of the Cordovan refrigerator. He stressed that this activity allows giving an added value to that regional economy. For its part, the municipality of Malargüe, in Mendoza, is in negotiations with the ...