The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) signed today the protocol to resume exports of live cattle to the neighboring country to the north.
With this protocol, sales of Mexican cattle are resumed , which were paused on November 25 when a case of cattle screwworm (GBG) was detected in a cattle that came from Central America , in Catazajá, Chiapas .
Measures were established today so that personnel from the National Service for Health, Safety and Agri-Food Quality (SENASICA) and the USDA can inspect cattle to be exported to the United States to certify that they comply with the sanitary conditions provided for in the agreed protocol .
The Sader statement did not indicate when exports of live cattle to the United States will resume .
Mexico exports an average of 1.4 million heads of live cattle annually, with an export value of 1.4 billion dollars .
This pause in exports causes losses of 10 billion pesos , according to data from the National Confederation of Livestock Organizations (CNOG) .
It should be remembered that the cattle screwworm plague was eradicated in Mexico in 1991. And it was in 2023 , when this disease got out of control in Panama and it was in 2024 when it reached Guatemala . During an inspection on November 23 , in Catazajá, Chiapas , an animal was detected and the cattle were detained. On November 25, exports of live cattle from Mexico to the United States were suspended .