Aldo Mazzero, president of the Cental American Beef Federation, explained that this topic will be negotiated in the upcoming round, to take place in Belgium between April 19 and 27.

Mazzero explained that the distribution of this quota among Central American nations will be decided after it is approved by Europe. Nacion.com reports that said distribution could be problematic, as it is not known yet which basis will be used to define it: exports by country, production or equal volume for everyone.

Source: Nacion.com

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Equal Meat Quotas for Exports to EU

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Though this will depend on compliance with European standards for the entry of meat into the EU block.

As the agreement comes into force, any part of a quota not used due to incompliance with EU requirements will automatically be reassigned to another country.

"The Central American Beef Industry Federation reached this consensus on 9 June in Honduras, according to a letter sent by the organization to Costa Rica's Commerce Minister, Anabel González," reports El Financiero on its web portal.

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Central American businessmen agreed to adjudicate the meat quota assigned by the European Union to the country that first complies with the required food safety and traceability requirements.

The region had to decide how to distribute a quota of 9.500 yearly tons of meat that can be shipped to Europe without paying tariffs.

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The proposal to divide up the 9,500 ton EU allocation equally is rejected by Nicaragua.

Onel Pérez, president of CANICARNE (Nicaraguan association of beef producers), commented that 70% of meat exported from Central America comes from Nicaragua.

Pérez and Ronald Blandón, director of Nicaraguan cattle farming association, CONAGAN, will travel to Honduras to discuss the distribution of the quota with other Central American businessmen.

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Central America’s beef industry has distributed the quota of meat that can be sent tariff-free to the European Union equally among all countries.

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