July 7, 2009
Mexican pork export fall drastically due to AH1N1
Mexico's pork export dropped 90 percent, or around 30,000 tonnes, due to the spread of the AH1N1 flu, according to a report on Monday (July 6).
According to reports, 20 nations have imposed import controls on Mexican meat ever since the World Trade Organization (WTO) declared the AH1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico a "public health emergency of international concern."
Despite the impact on the export of pork, the poultry industry has not been affected, it added.
Mexico's pork export totals some US$22 million each month with some US$3.9 million worth going to Japan, the largest single export market.
