Uruguay has obtained authorization to export frozen beef to the Philippines

Uruguay has received approval to export beef, including boneless and bone-in cuts, as well as offal, to the Philippines. This follows inspections of 22 Uruguayan slaughterhouses and a boning establishment by Philippine authorities. The country, with a population of nearly 118 million, is the twentieth largest global importer of beef. Uruguay's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) is hopeful for similar authorization for sheep meat exports. The market is now open for private sector to operate. Additionally, Uruguay has received approval to export bovine stomachs to Chile, adding to the list of new markets for its products.

Uruguay has obtained authorization to export frozen beef with and without bones to the Philippines, as well as offal, within the framework of negotiations and after audits carried out by the Asian nation between July and August of last year of some 22 bovine slaughterhouses and a boning establishment in the country. The director of International Affairs of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Adriana Lupinacci, celebrated the certification obtained by the new market, which has a 10% tariff, and a population of almost 118 million inhabitants, is positioned as the twentieth country as an importer of beef globally. Likewise, from the government portfolio they hope that a similar authorization will soon be achieved for sheep meat, something that already in August of last year the minister Fernando Mattos pointed out that was "one step" away from achieving. “22 establishments were authorized, what remains now is the authorization of sheep meat,” Lupinacci ...