Cattle farmers in the dark over meat exports to China

The loudly touted Panama meat exports to China have been in the hands of a single company and has not benefited them at all says a group of farmers from Santander.

Armando Batista, member of the National Livestock Association and president of the Santeño Ganaderos al Rescate Movement, said at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the National Livestock Association, Los Santos chapter, that to date they are unaware of the mechanism and the way in which the contract to export of meat to China, was granted  despite having sent two notes to the administration of former president Juan Carlos Varela.

On June 21, the first container with 22,500 kilos of Panamanian beef from Santo Domingo de Las Tablas left for Shanghai in China.

The loudly touted Panama meat exports to China have been in the hands of a single company and has not benefited them at all says a group of farmers from Santander.

Armando Batista, member of the National Livestock Association and president of the Santeño Ganaderos al Rescate Movement, said at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the National Livestock Association, Los Santos chapter, that to date they are unaware of the mechanism and the way in which the contract to export of meat to China, was granted  despite having sent two notes to the administration of former president Juan Carlos Varela.

On June 21, the first container with 22,500 kilos of Panamanian beef from Santo Domingo de Las Tablas left for Shanghai in China.