Recently, with the completion of the quarantine and certification of 3,920 live heifers shipped to China by the Chilean Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Service (SAG), Chile's 2023 live cattle export season officially kicked off. It is estimated that the total cost of this shipment is about US$7 million, including the cost of purchasing animals, sea transportation, use of port facilities, pre-shipment quarantine, and purchase of feed.

Chile's PortalPortuario website reported that Cristian Andrade, regional director of the SAG Lake Region (R. de Los Lagos), said: “These heifers are mainly from Osorno, Ranquihue (Llanquihue) and Chiloé (Chiloé), accounting for 23% of the total."

Federico Di Santi (Federico Di Santi), executive director of DSR Andina subsidiary of DSR company in Uruguay, who is in charge of export business, said: "The live cattle exported this time belong to females of Angus and Hereford breeds. The cattle are of first-class quality and have first-class hygienic standards."

Edmundo Silva (Edmundo Silva), the general manager of Chile's Puerto Montt (Empormontt) company in charge of the shipment, said that he is very pleased that the shipment of live cattle from Puerto Montt has resumed. In the past two years, Chile exported live cattle from Tal Departure from Talcahuano. In addition, Silva thanked DSR for choosing Puerto Montt, saying that "the port workers worked hard to ensure that the loading process took place in an orderly manner".

"Such a large-scale commercial operation is a recognition of the livestock industry in southern Chile, and it has consolidated the market position of the lake region and even Chile's livestock industry. Thanks to the geographical natural barrier and the meticulous work of SAG, livestock diseases have not affected production and transportation work. impact.” Tania Salas, Director of Agriculture of the Lake Region, added, “Chile is one of the few countries authorized to export live cattle to China. This is very attractive to the region's livestock industry. business, but it needs to follow high standards and strict requirements, such as the quarantine completed under the supervision of SAG, which ensures that the exported live cattle meet various health standards.”

It is understood that this batch of 3,920 live cows will travel for one month by Girolando Express to Dafeng Port in China, and then transported to the final destination of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. In addition, since 2014, Chile has exported over 100,000 live cattle to China.