Uruguay wants to regain lost ground in chicken meat exports

Emphasizing that the country's poultry exports in the past decade have been marked by a drastic process of entry and exit from the Venezuelan market, Uruguay's National Meat Institute (INAC) notes that currently Uruguayan chicken exports represent less 5% of the international market for the product, a level that he considers very low “both in comparison with the countries of the region and in relation to other meat products exported by Uruguay”. While recommending that a series of variables responsible for this low participation be evaluated, INAC suggests the markets that should be considered priority: China, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. “If access to these three markets is obtained, Uruguay's share would rise from 4% to 36%, the same level registered by relevant exporters such as Argentina and Thailand, whose sales on the international market add up to hundreds of millions of dollars. In conclusion, these three qualifications would provide a scenario ...