The shipment, carried out during the first quarter of the year, marks a strategic milestone for the national pig sector and reinforces the diversification of export destinations.
Argentina achieved a new advance in foreign trade when specifying the First shipping of pig meat to the Philippinesone of the most dynamic emerging markets in Southeast Asia and SIXTH major world importer of this product. The shipment, carried out during the first quarter of the year, marks a strategic milestone for the national pig sector and reinforces the diversification of export destinations.
The opening of the Filipino market was possible thanks to the joint work of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisherieshe SENASA and the Argentine Foreign Ministrywhich managed to overcome health and regulatory demands even more complex than those of countries such as United States or Hong Kong.
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Argentina expands export destinations
This first shipment came from a processing plant located in Marcos Pazprovince of Buenos Aires, and consisted of Swine -products without local demandwhich represents an opportunity to generate additional profitability for producers.
In addition to the Philippines, so far from 2024 Argentina opened new markets for its pig meat in Paraguay —With exports of refrigerated and fresh meat without bone – and also added destinations such as the European Union, Ecuador, South Africa, Brazil and Uruguayconsolidating its global positioning.
From the sector, these advances allow to give commercial exit to products that were not used before, while consolidating an increasingly competitive value chain and with international projection.
Source: Ambito
