Canadian beef products approved for export to Brazil for the first time since 2003 – RealAgriculture

Canada has as soon as once more been accepted to export not solely dwell cattle, but additionally beef merchandise, to Brazil, who shut the doorways on Canadian beef exports after Canada confirmed a case of BSE in 2003.

Primarily based on Canada’s BSE managed danger standing, dwell cattle have been accepted for export to Brazil since July 2018, nonetheless, it wasn’t till Canada obtained a negligible danger standing by the World Group for Animal Well being (OIE) for BSE in Could 2021, that beef merchandise have been additionally added to the approved-for-export listing.

Though the objective was to revive these beef export markets that have been misplaced in 2003, Cameron Newbigging, senior media relations advisor for Agriculture and Agri-Meals Canada, says it’s additionally about diversifying.

“AAFC has checked out learn how to take a extra deliberate method to diversification, with a extra centered effort, which can materialize in tangible leads to the shorter time period. AAFC, in coordination with the CFIA, World Affairs Canada, and different companions, continues to work on choices and avenues to assist trade stakeholders in benefiting from new alternatives and diversifying markets.”

It might appear that diversification is basically primarily based on the restoration of those beforehand misplaced relationships as Newbigging states it could be a prolonged course of to barter new entry with one other nation for any product. At the moment nonetheless, the AAFC and CFIA are actively engaged on gaining or re-gaining entry for meat merchandise to a number of nations around the globe, together with in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Will the newly-restored relationship see a big uptick in cattle and beef merchandise exports, contemplating Brazil is already a big exporter of beef themselves? Canadian trade stakeholders have indicated that there are area of interest alternatives for high-quality Canadian beef and beef merchandise in Brazil, says Newbigging.

The latest announcement from the CFIA wasn’t inclusive to solely beef. The CFIA acknowledged that swine and choose poultry has additionally been accepted for export to Brazil.

In keeping with AAFC’s most up-to-date numbers, pork exports surpassed beef by nearly half a billion {dollars}. In 2021, Canada exported:

• $1.1 billion in poultry and egg merchandise to the world. The USA, Philippines, Taiwan, Russia, and South Africa have been the top-5 export locations of Canadian poultry and egg merchandise, representing 91.1% of all exports.
• $4.9 billion in pork and pork merchandise to the world. The USA, Japan, China, Mexico, and Philippines have been the top-5 export locations, representing 89.6% of all pork exports.
• $4.5 billion in beef and beef merchandise to the world.  The USA, Japan, China, Mexico, and South Korea have been the top-5 export locations of Canadian beef & veal merchandise, representing 94.2% of all beef exports.

Newbigging says the Authorities of Canada’s Federal Market Entry Group, which is comprised of AAFC, CFIA, and World Affairs Canada, will proceed to work carefully with Canadian trade stakeholders to assist decide and prioritize the place to focus assets to be able to acquire, keep or develop entry to worldwide markets for the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.