Argentina exported beef to Egypt again after 4 years

After a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Argentina has resumed beef exports to Egypt with an initial shipment of 40 tons of frozen meat and fat. This follows a year of negotiations and health inspections to address halal meat standards. The renewed trade is expected to boost Argentina's livestock sector and leverages Egypt's strategic position. Argentina and Egypt already have a robust trade relationship, and this reopening aligns with efforts to diversify Argentina's commercial offerings.

Egypt closed the beef market for Argentina in 2020, when the pandemic began and despite the fact that it was a highly in-demand product. (Photo: Pablo Lasansky for the NA agency). After 4 years, beef was exported again from Argentina to Egypt. These are 2 companies from the General Pico refrigerator, in the province of La Pampa. The shipment consists of 20 tons of frozen meat and another 20 tons of fat, in what promises to be just a first step to complete more shipments in the medium term. Egypt closed the beef market for Argentina in 2020, when the pandemic began and despite the fact that it was a highly in-demand product. Discrepancies in the assessment were alleged for the type of meat halal, produced and processed in accordance with Islamic laws, that is, with an animal raised naturally, fed a plant diet and slaughtered by a method that includes recitation of the name of God. But after a year of joint work between the Argentine embassy and the Egyptian authorities, there was ...