The Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries assured that the country is “a credible partner” for the Asian giant.
He Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos, assured that Uruguay seeks to be “a strategic provider of food security for China”, after carrying out an important official mission in that country where a strategic alliance was sealed.
Among the several immediate benefits for agriculture, Mattos He highlighted that in total “five agreements were signed and an additional one that goes along the side of the five-year plan” with the Department of agriculture of that country, an association that is key for the government.
The minister spoke during an interview with the Chinese channel CGTN, where he highlighted that “there are many products that can still enrich the market” and stated that the goal of MGAP is “constitute the Uruguay as a strategic provider of food safety for China”.
As he analyzed, to achieve this “it is very important that we are a credible partner” and he highlighted: “We have worked hard for these agreements, but there are many others to be carried out in the future.”
Technological and commercial cooperation
Besides, Mattos He highlighted that there can be cooperation between the Uruguayan capacity in livestock matters, while from the Chinese side they have enormous development in the management of water resources to face a possible water crisis.
In turn, he stated that “the protocol of beef “The fact that it has been modified has been very important, because it is going to be a great generator of trade,” when analyzing a market that can generate income of close to 40 million dollars. Something similar happens with the protocol sheep and goat meat, which will thus go from income of 21 million dollars to 59 million dollars.
Meanwhile, he valued other qualifications such as “lemons, sport horses, live aquatic animals and others that are at the door such as wild aquatic animals, wheat grain, rapeseed grain, rapeseed flour and soybean flour.” ”.
Source: Ambito
