The technical aspect for the opening of the US market to Paraguayan meat is on track. However, a “diplomatic push” is still pending, according to Senacsa. It is also looking to reach Canada.
The president of the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa), José Carlos Martin, reported that the two major targets for Paraguay this year in the meat sector are the United States and Canada.
“Us From Senacsa we have already finished the technical part with the confirmation on December 3 in the bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, The technical consultation is missing, so we ask for a meeting for that little diplomatic push to be able to appear in the public consultation,” Martin commented in an interview with Universo 970 – Nación Media radio.
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From the appearance in the public consultation, a waiting period of approximately 60 days will begin to run, after whichs, “if all goes well”, Paraguay will be officially empowered to export meat to the United States.
“Doing a positioning work there and an evaluation in five years, we should be in the order of 250 to 300 million dollars”Martin stated.
As for Canada, at the end of last December, lThe audit of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to the national health system closed successfully.
In 2022, meat exportsoffal and other products of animal origin generated income for more than 2,197 million dollars for livestock.
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