Livestock Exports from the Exporters Perspective

摘要

There are U.S. Cattle moving to Mexico, Turkey, Russia, Central America and other destinations. There was recently a shipment of dairy cattle to Iran under special license. There are a few pigs still being shipped to Latin America and other places. There seems to be more interest in imports of sheep and goats. There was a project for about 2,000 sheep and goats to the Philippines that was recently cancelled when the U.S. and the Philippines could not agree on a health protocol. Many markets are againopen to U.S. Breeding Cattle, but some, notably in Latin America remain closed due to the BSE issue. The European Union (E.U.) still does not allow entry or transit of most U.S. Livestock. This is a critical issue because air shipments of U.S. Livestockgoing to Eastern Europe and Africa would in most cases need to transit in Europe.