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“We are now working on the international certificate so that we can begin to export,” Diego de Freitas, director of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, told Tiempo de Cambio on Radio Rural. The MGAP is continuing to work to also achieve the opening of sheep meat. The audit that was done in the Philippines was for both beef and sheep meat. Regarding the management to export cattle on the hoof to Israel, “we are waiting for the final report but we are convinced that we will also access that market to be able to export cattle on the hoof,” he said.

Argentina has succeeded in opening the Philippine market for the export of pork, poultry and a wider variety of beef products, consolidating its position as the fourth export destination in Southeast Asia. This market represents annual purchases of around USD 350 million.

Argentina has been cleared to start poultry, pork, beef cuts on the bone, and gibblets to the Philippines through an agreement also contemplating reciprocity between the two countries' control and certification systems, which will speed future approvals, it was announced in Buenos Aires.