The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation reports that this Monday (30.09.2019) the First shipment, of twelve scheduled, of Argentine chia to complete the first export to the Republic of India, one of the largest markets in the world for this type of product.
In this regard, the head of the national agricultural portfolio, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, stated that "The opening of new markets has been one of the primary objectives of our Government, mainly to allow the development and generation of employment in regional economies.", remembering that this commercial operation, carried out by the company DMC Agroindustrial SRL, This was made possible thanks to the signing of the phytosanitary protocol during President Mauricio Macri's visit to India in February of this year.
The total contract is for approximately 250 tons destined for the port of Nava Sheva. in the Republic of India. Customs consolidation of the cargo was carried out in General Güemes, Salta province, 70 km from San José de los Cerrillos, where the company has its processing plant The containers will travel to Buenos Aires and once in the port they will be shipped to India., where they are estimated to arrive in the next forty-five days.
The company is also dedicated to the processing of legumes and various seeds such as amaranth, quinoa and sesame.
So far in 2019, Argentina has only exported 2000 tons of chia, so this export represents more than 10% of the total exported in the year.
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