Mexico Set to Clear more Brazilian Meatpacking Plants for Shipments, Official says
Mexican authorities will kick off audits of 14 Brazilian meatpacking plants next month to clear them to send exports to Mexico, Luis Rua, secretary of trade at Brazil's agriculture ministry, told Reuters.
In August, Mexico overtook the U.S. as the No. 2 buyer of Brazil's beef as U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods took effect. Brazil is the world's top beef exporter.
"There will be an audit in September, Mexico's sanitary agency will go to Brazil and hopefully soon these 14 (meatpacking plants)...
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