Learn about the new markets to which Colombia seeks to export livestock

Published 2024년 5월 24일

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Colombia is actively seeking to expand its live cattle exports to new markets such as Egypt, Georgia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Algeria, with the support of various government agencies and the Livestock Exporters Association (Aexgan). The country already exports to several other countries including the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, Vietnam, Chile, Qatar, and is aiming to open markets in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Morocco, and Turkey. However, the process is challenged by the United States' strict sanitary requirements and the need to achieve foot-and-mouth disease-free status without vaccination for access to the Turkish market.

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Although exports of live cattle from Colombia have slowed down, it is hoped that there will be a recovery in the second half of the year and work is being done on new markets. For more than a decade, Fedegan, together with the governments in power, has worked on the opening of new markets, both for meat and live cattle, and this is how many destinations have been reached. As Augusto Beltrán Segrera, technical secretary of the Price Stabilization Fund (FEP) and champion of the opening of international markets for beef and live cattle, has stated on several occasions, “for more than 10 years, entities in the sector Public and private such as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, ICA, Invima, Procolombia, Fedegán and FEP have worked together to achieve the marketing agreements that are in force. Thanks to this work, Colombia can send livestock or meat to countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, Vietnam, ...

Source: Agromeat