The closure of markets threatens the Patagonian lamb and puts the sheep sector in jeopardy

The executive director of the Chamber of Refrigeration of Ovine and Bovine Meat of Patagonia (CAFROPAT), Juan Uccelli, expressed his concern in an interview with Radio Chacra Agro Continental regarding the closure of the Chilean market for the export of lambs and the threat of restrictions from other key destinations such as the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Japan. "The measure already has an impact because the Chilean market has closed for exporting lambs and we are very worried about the conditions that the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, very important markets where the majority of Patagonian lambs are exported, may take," said the executive. Uccelli emphasized that these markets concentrate most of the sales of ovine meat in the region, and their loss would directly affect the profitability of the producer. "That would result in the inability to place lambs in those markets, there are not many alternative markets, the price would drop a lot, that would ...