They have not managed to reach an agreement with local slaughterhouses on the upward adjustment of sales prices of livestock.
They have asked the Nicaraguan government for approval to sell three thousand head of cattle to slaughterhouses in the region where better prices are paid.
This was announced by representatives from the Federation of Livestock Associations of Nicaragua (Faganic).
The criteria for allocating E.U. meat quotas in Central Amerca generates tension and mutual threats of trade restrictions.
Costa Rica and Guatemala suggest that the quota be divided equally among all countries, a proposal that Nicaraguan exporters find unacceptable, said Solon Guerrero, President of the Federation of Livestock Associations of Nicaragua, FAGANIC.
Nicaraguan meat exporters are demanding the government to take action against Guatemala and Panama for closing their borders.
Representatives from CANICARNE and FAGANIC, two major chambers of meat producers, argue that the situation has caused a 10% reduction in livestock slaughtering.
“Daniel Núñez, from CANICARNE, explained they requested the Commerce and Agriculture ministries to act ‘in order to be reciprocal, it is not ridiculous that we are shipping meat to Japan, U.S. and other countries, while Panama and Guatemala reject our products”.