AreaBrazil

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityBovine meat

Date28/03/2023

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport ban lifted

DescriptionAnnounced the resumption of bovine meat exports to China and the approval of an additional four bovine meat plants cleared to export to China on 23 March 2023. Sales of Brazilian bovine meat to China were voluntarily halted by Brazilian authorities on 23 February 2023, following the discovery of an atypical case of mad cow disease. In addition, Brazil announced the end of a similar ban on bovine meat exports from the Brazilian state of Para, which was imposed in late February by the Russian Federation and the Philippines.