The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced that, thanks to the approval of the health certificate model Proposed by the National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa), Argentina will be able to export pork and offal to Paraguay. This milestone is the result of a joint effort between the Argentine Foreign Ministry, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (SAGyP) of the Ministry of Economy, and Senasa, which worked in close collaboration with Paraguayan health authorities. The market opening was officially announced during the last week of March 2025.
This progress expands the export potential of Argentine pork production, which in 2024 reached 13.885 tons, exported to destinations such as the Ivory Coast, Georgia, China, Hong Kong, and Angola, the Foreign Ministry reported in a statement.
Strengthening trade cooperation
In this context, Paraguay and Argentina formalized an agreement to optimize the circulation of goods. According to information provided, during the last week of March, within the framework of the trade mission of the Paraguayan Vice Minister of the Investment and Export Network (REDIEX), Javier Viveros, in Buenos Aires, an agreement was signed. Memorandum of Trade Cooperation between the Single Window for Exports (SWEE) of Paraguay and the Single Window for Foreign Trade (SWUE) of Argentina"This strategic agreement aims to promote the exchange of best practices and the implementation of mechanisms that facilitate bilateral trade, in order to move toward more agile and efficient trade in the region," according to the mission's statement released on Friday (March 28.03.2025, XNUMX).
The Memorandum was signed by Vice Minister Viveros and María Eugenia Rodríguez, director of the Argentine VUCE, in an official ceremony attended by authorities from both countries.
Celso Bareiro, director of VUE Paraguay, emphasized that the agreement will allow for collaboration in the design and development of foreign trade research plans, joint participation in projects, and process improvement through the regular exchange of non-confidential research materials and publications.
He also emphasized that bilateral cooperation will also include dissemination, studies, training, and technical development, facilitating the simplification of import and export processes, which is key to paperless foreign trade.
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