Brazil can once again export beef to Russia
Russia will reopen its doors to Brazil's bovine products after a BSE scare prompted a month-long halt, according to Brazil's foreign ministry, recently.
Two weeks after the BSE case was discovered in Brazil on February 20, it was dubbed 'atypical' and Brazilian authorities sought to resume exports to many of its foreign markets. The ban was only enforced on meat from the Brazilian state of Para, where the case was detected.
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In 2022, beef exports to Russia totalled around $165m (£133m) equivalent to 24,000 tonnes, according to government data.
China also enforced a month-long ban on exports from Brazil due to the scare, but resumed them on March 23.
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