Minister Fernando Mattos believes that the president will help “reactivate” the market after the contraction of the Asian country’s economy.
The president’s trip Luis Lacalle Pou to China could help reactivate the meat exports to the Asian giant, which today is going through a difficult time, according to the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos,
Mattos explained to Subrayado that the placements of meat to China They represented more than 60% of the sector last year, while today there is a sharp reduction. In fact, Brazil It is today the main sales partner in the industry.
The leader believes that the visit of Lacalle Pou to the Asian country in November can generate “additional steps” in the negotiations to sell more products in the Chinese market and considered that it will be “a beneficial factor to reactivate exports to our main trading partner in this area and main export destination, without prejudice that this year Brazil “I’m getting over it momentarily.”
On the effects of what he described as a “slow recovery” of China After the pandemic, he admitted that “the impact on the refrigeration industry has been important, with a reduction of more than 20% in the average prices of exports” and clarified: “It is not that it is a bad average, but the contrast is important ”.
The FTA with China seems distant, but the government does not lose hope
The signature of FTA (FTA) between Uruguay and China It continues to drag on and in the government, expectations of reaching an agreement coexist with despair due to the delay, while other countries such as Ecuador and Nicaragua managed to seal the agreement quickly.
About this TLC, the head of the MGAP weeks ago when pointing out that “the expectation is to move forward” and clarified: “We should not rule it out as a certain possibility, because the president has insisted and Uruguay “He has a lot of expectations.”
Anyway, Mattos He pointed out that “there are many aspects that we have pending with what is our main commercial partner, even though today it is a little slow,” trying to focus on agreements outside the FTA.
Source: Ambito
