At an event held this week at the Brazilian embassy in Washington, D.C., the Brazilian meatpacking industry sought to address the advancement of Brazilian beef exports to the U.S. market. Among those present were representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC). The main request made by the sector to the Minister-Counselor for Economic and Financial Affairs of the Brazilian Embassy in the United States, Kassius Diniz Pontes, was the authorization for meatpacking plants in Pará to export beef to the U.S. market. “We are here in Washington, at the Brazilian embassy, bringing a request from Abiec for the prioritization of the state of Pará to be authorized for beef exports to the United States. Brazil has had the confidence of the United States for 10 years to export beef here in a complementary relationship between the Brazilian and American industries,” wrote the Association's president, Roberto Perosa, on his social media. Abiec's agenda in Washington also included a business round that brought together 20 Brazilian companies with American importers, as well as a dinner that brought together authorities, partners, and industry representatives to celebrate 10 years of Brazilian beef exports to the United States.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.