Paraguay will seek alternatives to absorb shipments to Russia

Daniel Burt, general manager of the Paraguayan Chamber of Meats (CPC), told channel GEN and radio Universo 970 AM, that Paraguay is enabled to sell meat and derivatives to 75 markets, so it has the capacity to diversify its destinations if that were the case. necessary. "There is no total dependence on Russia, although it is a very important client and it will surely not be easy to replace it with a single new market, pushing to seek other alternatives to absorb exports," he specified. Paraguay suspended beef exports to Russia last week due to uncertainty about its ability to pay, considering that the country was excluded from the global transfer system (Society for Global Interbank and Financial Communications - Swift) as a result of the conflict war he maintains with Ukraine. Burt said that the CPC has eight partners, of which two are authorized to export to Russia, and assured that these companies are in daily communication with Russian clients. He added that over the weekend ...