Nicaragua, Venezuela
Trade Pact Takes Off
Nicaragua shipped the
first 750 cows that
start the bilateral
trade pact signed under
the Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Americas (ALBA).
Multinoticias Channel 4
morning broadcast and
Radio Ya said the cargo
was sent through Rama
port, on the Atlantic
coast.
Nicaragua's Union
Nacional de Productores
said these first 750
cows are part of 6,000
lot Nicaragua will sell
Venezuela in 2008.
Radio Ya says for the
first time Nicaraguan
cattle exports exceed
$1,000 a piece since a
rancher hardly sales one
cattle at $500.
Meanwhile, local
ranchers and
slaughterhouse
executives voiced
satisfaction for the
entry to Venezuelan
market of Nicaraguan
cattle and meat whose
funds will run animal
farm retention program.
Nicaragua's Agriculture
and Forest Ministry says
the local slaughter
houses monthly meat
supply to Venezuela now
round 500 tons that is
equivalent to 6,000 tons
a year. |
