It establishes agreements with Russia, aimed at strengthening complementary trade in agri-food matters.
Mexico City, Mexico. October 27, 2017.-The plan to diversify agricultural markets implemented by Mexico in the face of the United States threat to abandon the North American Trade Treaty is already under way.
The governments of Mexico and the Russian Federation are developing work aimed at strengthening complementary trade in agri-food, with a focus on the Mexican nation’s livestock sector, beef and pork, poultry products and dairy, and bring from Russia, wheat, fertilizers and agricultural machinery.
These actions are part of a plan to find new destinations for food products produced in the country implemented by the Government of the Republic, which has made significant progress after the meeting of Ministers of Agriculture, within the framework of the G20 Meeting held in Berlin, Germany, earlier this year.
The Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation asked Mexico to send up to 300 thousand tons of beef for its market and, for that, the sanitary agencies of both countries have since worked to make certifications and protocols for the access of the mexican meat
In order to give continuity to this work, the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), José Calzada Rovirosa and the Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, held a meeting in which coincided in the necessity to increase the agri-food commercial flow between both nations.
At the meeting, held at the SAGARPA facilities, both countries agreed to strengthen the exchange of information and health protocols to strengthen trade in tropical fruits and Mexican drinks.