Minister of Agriculture says the decision may come out in 28 days if there are no new cases, but asks for caution in expectations
The Minister of Agriculture, said on Tuesday (20.MAI.2025) that the Brazilian government remains in dealings with authorities from China to regionalize the restrictions imposed on chicken meat exports after confirming a case of avian flu in a commercial farm in Montenegro (RS).
The goal is to limit the embargo to a radius of 10 km from the focus of the disease. According to Fávaro, Brazil has formally requested from the GACC (General Administration of Customs of China) that the suspension of purchases affects only poultry products originated in the immediate vicinity of the outbreak. The request was sent by the Brazilian Embassy in Beijing on Monday (19.MAI).
According to Fávaro, the president (PT) made a direct appeal to the president of China, Xi Jinping, for the sanctions to be reduced. The minister stressed that there are positive signs, but asked caution.
“We have to be very careful to pronounce now. We need transparency in driving. There is evidence that it can be regionalized, but 5 days is very little time for them to feel confident to regionalize.”said during a meeting of the FPA (Parliamentary Front of Agriculture).
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Currently, the sanitary protocol signed between the 2 countries determines that any occurrence of Avian flu in commercial squad might be to the immediate suspension of Brazil’s exports as a whole. Sales to the Chinese market have been interrupted since May 15.
“There was no time to get ready the regionalization protocol with China. We are already in dealing with regionalization”declared the minister.
He stated that if there is no new outbreaks of the disease in the next 28 days, there is expectation of formalization of regionalization with both China and the European Union.
China is the main destination of Brazilian chicken meat. The federal government also negotiates with other importing countries the adoption of similar measures, with the objective of mitigating the commercial impacts of the episode.
