MAPA extends deadline for qualification of terminals, warehouses, and enclosures that operate with export and import of agricultural products

The deadline to apply for the qualification of terminals, warehouses, and enclosures located in ports, airports, and border posts that operate in the export or import of agricultural products was extended to March 2, 2020. The measure is found in Normative Instruction 34, published in the Official Gazette on Monday (12/02).

The initial term for the qualification expired this Sunday (12/01) as provided in Normative Instruction 39, issued in 2017.

In order to receive the qualification from Mapa, the terminals, warehouses, and private enclosures have to put in place several structures necessary for the Ministry’s international agricultural surveillance, such as cold chambers, in addition to providing forklifts to transport products, boxes, pallets, and office structures. There are currently 322 licensed sites in the country, of which 250 are provisional.

“The Ministry will also officially enable warehouses, terminals, and enclosures administered by the IRS. Currently, in the units where the Vigiagro service operates, there are 543 employees: 196 agronomists, 117 veterinarians, three zootechnists, 64 agricultural agents, 41 animal product inspection agents, 64 administrative staff, and 49 other functions. The services provided at these locations are essential to ensure security in foreign trade operations,” explained the coordinator of the International Agricultural Surveillance System of the Mapa (Vigiagro), Fábio Florêncio Fernandes.

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