Uruguay began to take the first steps in the trade of sorghum with China from the enabling of a protocol that allows its export; Meanwhile, they are discussing with the Asian country the possibility of selling it equine specimens for sporting purposes and human consumption.
The fruits of the positive tour of President Luis Lacalle Pou and the government delegation China begin to mature along with the first concrete news of progress at the local level in the relationship with the Asian giant and the reactivation of commercial ties between both countries.
Equine export
The president of the Society of Breeders of Pure Race Horses (SCCPC), Victor Tarigoassured Valor Added that there is the possibility of exporting horses to the Asian giant and that “the interest arose from the company itself.” China, that for some time I had been seeing the health issues of Uruguay”.
In principle, Tarigo assured that the interest on the part of China is for specimens for sporting purposesas well as for human consumption. “As a result of a series of visits and connections with the ministry, they expressed interest in reaching an agreement of mutual cooperation,” stated the president of SCCPC.
Tarigo stressed that, on the trip of the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos, in the month of May, two members of the association traveled, but reached a very generic agreement. After Lacalle Pou’s trip, it is expected that business can be concluded in the “medium term from now on” where he could pay for each copy from 150,000 to 200,000 dollars.
The president of the association highlighted that the case of China, There is the possibility of opening more markets like that of Macau and Hong Kong. “They have a special relationship, and they are large markets because they do not produce in adequate or sufficient territory, so they import everything. In Hong Kong is where there is an opportunity, and a great barrier, which is the issue of freight,” he explained, although he estimated the possibility of them exporting in the same way as they do with livestock.
The first step is already given
Enabling the protocol that allows export sorghum Uruguayan to China It allowed the possibility of beginning to give signals regarding the establishment of prices and to study possible demand. From the beginning, it had been stated that, once the protocol and, especially, the commercial lines, The market could improve for this crop that only had demand in the Uruguay.
With this, the first shipment of sorghum to the Asian country with 500 tons from each of the companies – Las Achiras and TGL – and with prices that, according to them, are very good. “We had the permit well in advance of planting, that’s why we were only able to export what was left of the last harvest,” he explained. Gustavo Ferrari, director of The Achiras.
Sorghum is a more rustic crop that can withstand the drought and performs better in places where the corn cannot develop its full potential. This will allow the crop to begin to expand in the farms and finally become an attractive business for Uruguayan agriculture. “In Argentina, sorghum destined for China It exceeded the price paid to use it in rations, sometimes it is worth more than corn,” Ferrari noted.
More advances in the meat market
The Chinese company Sundiro, owner of three refrigerators in Uruguay that currently remain inactive – with staff on unemployment insurance – points towards the reopening of the plants “before the end of the year”, according to the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP).
This progress was achieved after Mattos and the vice president of National Meat Institute (INAC), Ignacio Guido They met on Monday with the president of Sundiro Holding, Ma Honghan, where one of the topics of conversation were the three refrigerators that the company has in Uruguay that are not working: Rondatel, Lirtix and Rosario – Lorsinal.
Source: Ambito
