Argentine meat exports to Philippines approved

Published Dec 26, 2024

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Argentina has obtained approval to export poultry, pork, beef cuts with bones, and giblets to the Philippines, following a reciprocal agreement that aims to expedite future approvals by aligning the countries' control and certification systems. This agreement, a product of collaborative efforts between Argentina's Economy Ministry, Senasa, and the Argentine Embassy in Manila, is expected to facilitate the export qualification of Argentine establishments. The decision comes after the Philippines experienced a 17% increase in meat imports, totaling over US$ 1.75 billion in 2023.

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Argentina has been cleared to start poultry, pork, beef cuts on the bone, and gibblets to the Philippines through an agreement also contemplating reciprocity between the two countries' control and certification systems, which will speed future approvals, it was announced in Buenos Aires. “From this authorization, a period of 15 days is established for the official opening of the market and simultaneously allows the technical teams of the Philippine Sanitary Service to start evaluating the veterinary certificates already proposed by Argentina to start exports from our country,” a statement from the Argentine Government this week read. “The equivalence between the control systems between both countries is an advance that facilitates the qualification of new Argentine establishments that are interested in sending their meat production to that destination,” it added. The deal came as a result of joint work between the Econnomy Ministry's Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries ...

Source: MercoPress