EU chicken negotiations may advance

The lawsuit filed by Brazil against the European Union (EU) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) because of barriers to the entry of Brazilian poultry meat into the bloc could speed up bilateral discussions on disputes that are negatively impacting business by tens of millions of dollars, according to analysts

Brazilian meat has been subject to intensified control in the EU since 2018. That’s when Brussels adopted Regulation 700, complaining of the “significant number of serious and repeated cases of non-compliance due to the presence of salmonella in meat and poultry preparation”. In addition, in March of that year, Brazilian authorities informed the EU about the discovery of a corruption scheme between slaughterhouses and private laboratories that were granting reports that attested to the absence of salmonella in poultry meat.

With intensified control, 20% of Brazilian meat is subjected to physical sampling before arriving in Europe. For example, Brazil exported 250,400 tons of chicken meat to the European market in 2017. Physically controlling 20% ​​of that volume is a huge task, which delays releases. Brazilian beef queues up in the clearance process to wait for the tests, carried out at the expense of exporters – and the cost rises with the additional use of containers and cargo storage. In addition, 35 Brazilian slaughterhouses are still “unlisted” (forbidden to sell meat to the EU).

Source: Valor Econômico

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