Turkey to reopen market to Brazil poultry

Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it will soon commence buying poultry and beef products from Brazil.

In the coming days, the Turkish government will inform the ministry on the import conditions, as well as set the volume to be imported.

The Brazilian government has been unable to estimate the market potential in Turkey. According to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters, the opening of the Turkish market is an attempt to contain rising prices in the local market.

The president of the Brazilian Poultry Union (Ubabef), Francisco Turra, believes that Turkey can become an important market for Brazilian poultry. According to Turra, Brazil currently exports poultry meat to Turkey indirectly via neighbouring countries like Iraq. The organisation has no numbers on the Turkish market potential.

Beef imports originating in Brazil were banned by Turkish authorities in 2002 due to outbreaks of diseases in the country such as FMD. Despite the suspension of the ban on direct imports from Brazil, the two countries are busy formulating an International Health Certificate.