Ecuador: The Cow Lift - U.S. Live Cattle Shipments to Ecuador Resume

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On May 20, Acting Minister of Agriculture Luis K. Valverde, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Namm, FAS Attaché Beillard and APHIS Attaché Ball, received a chartered flight transporting 156 U.S. bulls and heifers at Latacunga airport valued at almost $700,000. This remarkable sale marks the first export of U.S. live cattle to a Latin South America country since the 2003 occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States. FAS and APHIS Quito supported the Ecuador Government’s purchase, including negotiations on the export protocol and FAS Quito staff traveling with two cattle buying missions. This sale far exceeded the earlier purchase estimate of $250,000 (50 animals). 

Ecuador: The Cow Lift - U.S. Live Cattle Shipments to Ecuador Resume

Western Hemisphere, Ecuador

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