China to recognize FMD-free RS without vaccination this Friday
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An important business channel may begin to be opened in China for the Brazilian and Rio Grande do Sul animal protein industry this Friday (14). At 5:45 pm local time (6:45 am in Brazil), presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Xi Jinping sign, in Beijing, a series of acts that consolidate closer trade relations between the two countries. Among them must be the recognition, by the Asian giant, of the status of Rio Grande do Sul as a foot-and-mouth disease-free zone without vaccination.
The expectation is the director of Trade Promotion and International Affairs of the Secretariat for Economic Development of Rio Grande do Sul (Sedec), Evaldo da Silva Júnior. This Thursday, at a press conference alongside the portfolio holder, Ernani Polo, he detailed the actions developed over nine days in that country, leading the Rio Grande do Sul mission, the only representation of a Brazilian state that was part of the delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
The condition, attested in May 2021 by the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO), also needs to be accepted by the Chinese government so that bone-in cuts and giblets can enter that market. It would be a valuable opportunity for the industry, especially pork. “Pig feet, for example, have no commercial value. But with liberation, this situation changes. And China pays US$ 4,000 per ton. Recognition of the sanitary status of RS would add around R$ 100 per animal to exports in this segment”, observed Secretary Ernani Polo.
According to him, other important commercial opportunities may arise, such as the validation of beef exports by Frigorífico Silva, from Santa Maria, with beef, and the poultry plant of Cooperativa Languiru, from Teutônia, which even negotiates with ITG Tianjiao the sale of assets and control of its poultry, pork, beef and animal feed operations. The qualification of Languiru can benefit from this partnership that has been established with the Asian state-owned company, and the inspection of the plant by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), the body in charge of supervising and managing national security work. of imported and exported food, it may end up happening remotely, accelerating the process, recalls the Sedec director.
Due to its recent approach to Rio Grande do Sul, ITG intends to set up an office in the state to serve its interests in Latin America. At the end of April, group executives should come to RS to learn about and evaluate the idea. The conversations also evolved during the stay of the Rio Grande do Sul representation in China. Sedec presented Languiru to ITG, during Expodireto, in Não-Me-Toque. And companies started trading from that moment on. But two other groups contacted on the trip expressed interest in investing in the state and should come to Rio Grande do Sul by August.
Polo and Silva Júnior reinforced that the main aspect of the mission was to present and sell Rio Grande do Sul as an alternative and potential for investments. “In China, when they talk about Brazil, what they know are the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. That’s why our trip was so strategically valuable. They were able to find out, for example, that due to our geographic position, the beef we produce is the same as that of Argentine, Uruguayan and European meat. They are not the Zebu cattle from the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast. And their greatest interest, due to the issue of food safety, is in the importation of bovine products, preferably poultry and pork”, said the secretary.
Another sector that seeks to reach that market is the pecan nut, whose national production is concentrated in the South Region. Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 70% of the crop. China imports a third of the world’s production of the fruit, which would represent a fundamental door to place the Rio Grande do Sul and Brazilian surplus. “We verified that the members of this chain need to present themselves properly to the Chinese market, with materials in the local language, for example. To be remembered, we must be known.”
Part of this process of internationalization of products from Rio Grande do Sul may gain strength from an agreement signed between the State and the Chinese government to guide and qualify the professionals who work to gather and forward all the documents required by the Asians, in the proper form. Rigorous in control, the Chinese bar the entry of anything that is outside the required standard.
On the other hand, knowing the Brazilian potential, of which they are already the main trading partner, the Chinese showed great interest in investing in the country. And one of the areas would even be logistics, facilitating and speeding up shipments.
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