This week’s audio report from the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) discusses the challenges that have made it difficult to ship chilled beef and pork to Costa Rica, a market of strong interest for U.S. meat exporters.

In the report, USMEF Technical Services Manager Cheyenne McEndaffer explains the unusual technical requirement behind the difficulty: the product had to arrive in the country within nine days of its packing date.

This requirement was recently removed after USMEF worked with industry partners and U.S. trade officials to address this issue and bring it to a successful conclusion. McEndaffer believes this will create more opportunities for high-quality beef and pork in Costa Rica.

McEndaffer also explains in the report that Costa Rica has removed an additional requirement that frozen U.S. beef and pork must arrive in the country within six months of its packing date.

Learn more in this week’s full report:
USMEF Report, Beef & Pork in Costa Rica