To continue with the market diversification policy to import and export agriculture goods and in order to ensure the supply of different products at affordable costs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) informs that the first German pork meat cargo has arrived to Mexico.
The vessel arrived to the Port of Veracruz, where personnel of the Mexican National Service for Agro-Alimentary Public Health Safety and Quality (SENASICA) physically examined and reviewed the documentation of the container with 25.5 tons of frozen pork belly imported by the Federal Inspection Type (TIF) establishment No. 359 located at the state of Jalisco.
At the Federal Animal Health Verification and Inspection Point for Import (PVIZI) of the Port of Veracruz, SAGARPA health officers examined the loading with four batches, as well as 1,394 individual boxes coming from a plant located in Wiedenbrück, Germany, already verified and authorized by SENASICA to export to Mexico.
This cargo arrival to Mexico results from all the arrangements performed by SENASICA’s Chief Director, Enrique Sánchez Cruz, during the meeting held in Berlin with Herman Onko Aikens, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany.
During this meeting, officers expressed the interest both countries shared in the expansion of bilateral agreements for the commercial exchange of agriculture products. They also agreed SENASICA’s technicians shall perform technical visits, as soon as possible, to approve more German plants in order to export meat to Mexico.
It is worth mentioning that due to the increase of customs duties imposed by the Mexican government on several products from the United States, including pork meat products and fresh apples, there are sanitary protocols established with other countries to supply the domestic market.
Pork meat imported from Canada, Denmark, Spain, France, Germany, Chile, Italy, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand comply with sanitary requirements imposed by SAGARPA to allow the entering of this type of products.
Fresh apples to supply the domestic market
Regarding fresh apples, fruit importers have other market options at their disposal, such as Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Portugal and South Africa, which prevents shortage and allows affordable costs for consumers.
It is worth mentioning that import of any agriculture product is submitted to comply with requirements specified in the query module for plant and animal health requirements to import plant and animal goods: this can be found at SENASICA’s website: https://sistemasssl.senasica.gob.mx/mcrfi/ y https://sistemasssl.senasica.gob.mx/mcrz/moduloConsulta.jsf
It is important to emphasize that Mexicans consume 2.11 million tons of pork meat products per year. The domestic production is 1.45 million tons, from which 105 thousand tons are exported, and an annual average of 754 thousand tons is imported.
In Mexico, almost 717 thousand tons of apples are annually produced, mainly in states of Chihuahua, Durango, Puebla and Coahuila, while the domestic consumption reaches 931 thousand tons.
Mexican producers of apples export 1,679 tons annually. In 2016, 215 thousand tons were imported; however, this amount has decreased, since in 2013, 308 thousand tons of this fruit imported from foreign countries were required.