Pig Producers Versus Slaughterhouses

Pork producers in Costa Rica are complaining that they are trying to directly export pork to Asian markets, but slaughterhouses "only want the business for themselves."

Monday, September 8, 2014

Porcicultor industry entrepreneurs are trying to open new markets, especially in countries with which Costa Rica has signed trade agreements, but are complaining that slaughterhouses have rejected their applications for processing meat, sometimes citing lack of certifications and in other cases, because " ... 'What slaughterhouses want is customers and to keep paying low prices to producers"," said the Speaker of the Chamber of Pork Producers, Renato Alvarado to Elfinancierocr.com ."

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Elfinancierocr.com notes that "... Romulo Chaves, another pig farmer, had the opportunity two weeks ago to export to Russia, however because it depended on certification of the plant he had to pass up the opportunity. 'Slaughterhouses do not care about being certified because it is a business for them and it costs them money, they will only do if they are the ones who want to do business abroad. We are dependent on them.'"

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