S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian Slaughterhouse Association (Abrafrigo) aims to increase beef exports of small and medium slaughterhouses. For such, it should promote actions like participation in international fairs, as well as aiding its associates to get the necessary authorisations to sell on global markets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe programme is just starting. We are going to promote actions to put more companies in the export sector,\u201d said P\u00e9ricles Salazar, president at Abrafrigo. Salazar explained that, to export, slaughterhouses initially need authorisation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. There are two kinds of authorisation, said the executive: the so-called \u201cgeneral list\u201d allows exports to most countries in the world, whereas the European one has greater demands than those of other markets.<\/p>\n
However, being authorised in these lists does not mean guaranteed entry into the foreign market. \u201cJust being in the list is not enough to export,\u201d recalled Salazar. \u201cThis guarantees you are ready for export, but does not mean you are going to do so. You have to win clients,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
To help in this area of market opening, Abrafrigo has included in its calendar participation in five international food fairs during 2012. The first in the list was Green Week Berlin, which took place in January, in Germany, and the second was Gulfood, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, which ended on Wednesday (22). Also programmed is participation in fairs Sial China (May), World Food Moscow (September) and Sial Paris (October).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some fairs that take place every year, and we take our associates to participate with us. Fairs offer us opportunities to seek new clients,\u201d he pointed out. <\/p>\n
According to Abrafrigo figures, of the more than US$ 5 billion in beef exported by Brazil in 2011, less than 10% came from small and medium slaughterhouses. Initially, therefore, the organisation has not made forecasts as to how much this percentage may grow in 2012, as the first objective is to start insertion of new Brazilian companies on the foreign market.<\/p>\n
Salazar recalls that there are three large slaughterhouses in Brazil, but that medium ones may slaughter as much as 1,000 heads of cattle a day. \u201cThey are medium if compared to the large ones, but slaughter between 800 and 1,000 heads of cattle each day,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, Abrafrigo established an international department to help companies that already have training in the area to adapt their plants to export demands of specific markets. \u201cWe recently had three plants authorised to export to the Ukraine,\u201d said Salazar. \u201cSlaughterhouses need to modify their units to export. There are over 150 countries to which Brazil exports beef,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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