Crossing the line: Argentina managed to open the Ecuadorian market for its citrus fruits and expanded it to include beef

Published 2024년 11월 6일

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Argentina has successfully opened the Ecuadorian market for the export of lemons and sweet citrus fruits, including oranges, mandarins, and grapefruits. The country will also be able to increase its meat shipments to Ecuador, including bone-in beef cuts, which were previously prohibited due to foot-and-mouth disease risk. The export plans and health certificates for Argentine meat were agreed upon in a meeting between the National Service for Food Safety and Quality (Senasa) of Argentina and the Agency for Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control (Agrocalidad) of Ecuador. The agreement follows pest risk analyses for lemon and sweet citrus fruits and technical exchanges to establish the phytosanitary export requirements.

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Argentina has succeeded in opening the Ecuadorian market for the export of lemon and sweet citrus fruits (orange, mandarin and grapefruit), while it will be able to increase its meat shipments to that country with bone-in beef cuts, which until now have been prohibited due to the risk of foot-and-mouth disease. The work plans to enable these operations and the health certificate for the export of Argentine meat were agreed upon during a meeting held in Buenos Aires by the president of the National Service for Food Safety and Quality (Senasa), Pablo Cortese, and the executive director of the Agency for Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control (Agrocalidad) of Ecuador, Patricio Almeida. After reporting on the completion of the pest risk analyses for lemon and sweet citrus fruits, the Ecuadorian agency and the local health service held a series of technical exchanges to establish the phytosanitary export requirements. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign ...

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