Uruguay It was the only country that complied with the call Hilton share at the end of the 2023/2024 financial year, that is, the quota of high-quality cuts in the European Union (EU)The country made use of 99.8% of this quota and surpassed other competitors in meat exports such as Australia and Argentina.
The country knows that trade opportunities must be taken advantage of. Therefore, during the 2023/2024 financial year, it left no doubt that it is interested in placing the best meat products —as it is the star of Uruguayan foreign trade, although, of course, the doors are not closed to other growing sectors— in the EU.
In this sense, it made use of almost the entire quota of high quality cuts that the European bloc has, the Hilton quota: it exported 5,592 tons, that is, 99.8% of the 5,606 assigned. reference value was around 13,500 dollars per ton, according to Blasina y Asociados.
Australia It came in second place, not only with fewer tons assigned in the Hilton quota, but also with compliance with it: 96.3% of the 3,389 available.
Argentina, For its part, it fulfilled 92.4% of the assigned quota, with 27,150 tons exported from the quota of 29,389 tons, according to data from Informe Ganadero.
Other countries that access the Hilton quota are: Brazil, with a compliance of 30%; New Zealandwith quota coverage of 63.4%; Paraguay, with 78.7% ; and USA and Canada —as a tandem—, with 1.7%.
One step closer to sheep exports to the Philippines
He Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Fernando Mattosconfirmed that Uruguay is one step away from achieving authorization for the export of sheep meat to Philippines and that the announcement could become official in the coming weeks.
On Friday, in the framework of the launch of the sheep season 2024-2025 in the premises of the Rural Association of PaysandúMattos welcomed at a press conference the positive feedback the country received from a Philippine health delegation, which returned to the Asian nation last Thursday.
“We will surely have news in the coming months or weeks about the Philippine market for sheep meat,” said the head of the Executive Branch. “A new market for sheep and beef, and offal,” he added.
Mattos highlighted the fact that the Philippine health delegation made “a very good report” on the capacity of Uruguay as a producer and exporter of these types of meats. “I was present with his delegation, more than 15 Philippine veterinarians who came here sent by the Secretary of Agriculture —Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.—, who has already promised to analyze the report within a month, and if it is favorable and positive, as we all hope, we will have this new market enabled.”
Source: Ambito
