The company acquired by Argentine capital obtained the necessary permits to be able to export to the Asian giant after several months.
Florida Refrigerator managed to start operating with the chinese market after almost a year in the search to be able to export to the Asian giant; However, the company is still unable to resume work every day of the week and is still looking for other markets to open the range of opportunities.
From the company they celebrate the possibility that the authorization offers them to be able to work with China after having spent almost a year without being able to operate. “It opens the possibility of integrating with that market, the export of bones, giblets, in addition to meat,” he explained. Eduardo Lequioa member of the company’s board of directors, regarding the benefits of starting to operate with the Chinese market, although he admitted that the economy of that country is not the same as it was a few years ago.
Although the company began to trade with some countries in Europe, The Caribbean and Brazil, Lequio highlighted the importance of opening the Chinese market and the need to continue looking for opportunities in other countries. “It is very difficult to work without having all the markets and starting a plant from scratch without quotas to export to USA already Europe“, the company representative told Radio Carve.
Plans for the coming years
After having achieved the long-awaited authorization for the Chinese market, which took almost a year, Lequio announced that there are some medium-term objectives such as the expansion of some sectors with the aim of providing more volume and being able to face fixed costs.
On the other hand, he commented that there are intentions to further expand their markets with the East, but this time with Israel, since the group of Argentina He has a good relationship with that country. In addition, they requested authorization to be able to operate in the Chilean market. Meanwhile, and in relation to this same objective, the company began with some quality standard certifications that are mandatory in USA to be able to market.
Meanwhile, there are also good forecasts for the increase in work. “This week we began to operate with more days of work and we began to seek normality,” said Lequio and assured that there are intentions to work the full week. Previously, the company was “almost stopped”, according to the representative, marked by the lack of authorization and the effect of the drought that hit the entire agricultural sector. Added to this were the recent floods that affected the plant and the entire north of the country.
Source: Ambito
