Paraguayan government wants no more red tape from US on beef exports

Published 2023년 3월 16일

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Paraguayan authorities have assured the US Embassy that there are no sanitary issues preventing the country from receiving beef shipments from the US. The delay is due to administrative reasons. The Paraguayan government is urgently seeking to include meat cuts in the bilateral trade. The US is currently conducting a public hearing, which is expected to take around 60 days, before making a decision. In the first year of exporting meat to the US, Paraguay could potentially earn around US$ 100 million by exporting 25,000 tons of meat. The US Ambassador also discussed cooperation programs and regional security challenges with local authorities in Ciudad del Este.

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Paraguayan authorities insisted this week before the US Embassy that there were no sanitary impediments for the northern country to welcome beef shipments from the South American nation, only red tape was hindering progress in that regard. President Mario Abdo Benítez and other officials conveyed to US Ambassador Marc Ostfield the urgency to add meat cuts to the current bilateral trade during a meeting Tuesday in Mburuvicha Róga. Also attending the event were Ministers Julio Arriola (Foreign Affairs) and Óscar Llamosas (Finance) as well as José Carlos Martin, head of the National Service of Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa), and Cabinet Chief Hernán Huttemann. The hosting delegation also recalled that Paraguay has already passed the sanitation and innocuousness tests. “Now the process is in the hands of the United States, which has to carry out a public hearing, which takes approximately 60 days to issue a verdict,” Arriola explained. Behind this approval are also markets such ...

Source: MercoPress