Argentina resumed its exports of poultry products to the United Arab Emirates and South Africa after declaring itself a country free of avian influenza, a viral disease transmitted by wild, poultry, and backyard birds.
“Argentina resumes trade in poultry products with the United Arab Emirates and South Africa,” reported the Ministry of Agriculture.
The South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development (DALRRD) announced the opening of its market for meat and fresh poultry products after five months of negotiations with Argentina.
In order to authorize such imports, South Africa requested the amendment of the health certificate proposed by Argentina, which declared the entire national territory free of avian influenza.
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates informed the National Service of Health and Agrifood Quality of Argentina (SENASA) that it was lifting restrictions on importing fresh eggs and poultry meat.
Throughout 2022 and in the course of this year 2023, Argentina exported frozen, unchopped, and chopped poultry meat to South Africa and the United Arab Emirates for more than 40 million dollars.
Argentina negotiates with the purchasing nations after adopting a series of measures that allowed the self-declaration of a country free of avian influence, thanks to the joint work of the authorities and local producers, which made it possible to close all outbreaks of the disease in poultry present in the national territory.
