Egyptian authorities are preparing to receive live exports from Ireland by amending existing health certificates and putting a new certificate for breeding.
Till now, the department of Agriculture in Ireland agreed upon three updated health certificates with Egyptian officials.
The discussions took place in January this year between the Irish Minister of State at the Department of Trade Pat Breen, and Dr. Mona Mehrez, the Egyptian Deputy Minister for Agriculture.
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Dr. Mona Mehrez, the Egyptian Deputy Minister for Agriculture[/caption]
On 18th January, the Department of Agriculture's Chief Veterinary Officer sent to his counterpart three proposed health certificates for the export of fattening, slaughter and breeding cattle.
This was mainly aiming at re-establishing live exports to Egypt as soon.
Its worth mentioning that live export refers to the transport of animals to other countries for slaughter or breeding.
This trade involves a number of countries and the Australian live export industry is considered one of the largest exporters in the global trade.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, exports of live sheep rose by 21.4% and live calves increased by 9.7% between March 2017 and March 2018.
During 2017 alone, Australia exported 2.85 million live animals in shipping containers and airplanes.
The trade expansion has been supported by the introduction of purpose-built ships which carry large numbers of animals.
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