South American countries are adversely affected by European "mad cow disease"

OA show ('918 '); [South American countries are adversely affected by Europe's "mad cow disease"] the recent outbreak of "mad cow disease" crisis in Europe makes many countries in the world fall into a panic, talking about "cattle" color change for a while The adverse effects of BSE have recently spread to livestock and Fisheries in South America Animal husbandry is one of the pillar industries in South America and also the main export products of the region At present, there are 163 million cattle in Brazil's commodity stock, and the annual export of beef earns us $1 billion, ranking the fourth in the world In addition, Argentina and Uruguay also export a large amount of beef every year Since the outbreak of "mad cow disease" crisis in Europe, the price of beef in the international market has been falling, which has a very negative impact on the beef exports of these South American countries It is expected that the beef export income of these countries will decline to some extent this year Moreover, in order to prevent the spread of BSE, the EU decided to ban the import of feed containing animal bone meal, including fish meal As a result, the price of fish meal in the international market fell, and the export of fish meal from Chile and Peru, which are the largest fish meal exporting countries in South America, to Europe was also blocked, which was hit by the decline of product export price and export volume In addition, with the spread of mad cow disease, some countries in South America are also involved in unnecessary trade wars The most striking example is Canada's recent announcement of a moratorium on the import of beef and beef products from Brazil, on the grounds that Brazil did not provide information to the Canadian side on the existence of "mad cow disease", and its requirement that all domestic sales departments immediately withdraw the imported Brazilian beef from the shelves After Canada, two other NAFTA countries - the United States and Canada - also announced that they would stop importing Brazilian beef The measure hit Brazil's beef exports hard In order to avoid the further expansion of the adverse effects of BSE, South American countries have taken measures to strengthen the monitoring of imported beef and the health and Quarantine of domestic beef production on the one hand, and to strengthen coordination on the other hand, hoping to take a unified position in foreign negotiations to safeguard the reputation and interests of South American beef China feed industry information network YGF (author:)