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Salmon is Chile’s largest food and agricultural export and the second largest total export sector after copper. In 2021, exports totaled 615 thousand metric tons worth $4.8 billion. Production is growing rapidly; Chilean salmon production grew an average of 10.4 percent between 2016 and 2020 and totaled 1.1 million metric tons (MMT) in 2020.

This report outlines updated plant and label registration guidance for U.S. fishery product exporters to Brazil. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Agricultural Affairs (OAA) Brasília will continue to provide assistance for U.S. plant registration in Brazil, however, U.S. fishery product exporters will be responsible for product label registration in Brazil.

After several years of negotiations, on April 28, 2020, FAS/Brasilia received an official response from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (MAPA), approving the final language...

This report identifies Brazil’s import requirements for foreign export certificates.

U.S. exporters often reach out to our office with questions about market access and Brazil’s import regulations, finding legislation confusing and not transparent.

This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations.

This report identifies Brazil’s import requirements for foreign export certificates.

Due to recent changes by Brazil in the procedures to register U.S plants that process fish and fishery products for human consumption, FAS/ Brasilia prepared this comprehensive report....

Due to recent changes by Brazil in the procedures to register U.S plants that process fish and fishery products for human consumption, FAS/ Brasilia prepared this comprehensive report....

Minister of Agriculture Carlos Furche took immediate actions on March 20th to suspend all imports of Brazilian pork, poultry and beef due to the recent scandal surrounding adulterated beef....

This report updates import certification requirements that companies need to export their agricultural products to Chile.

A harmful algae bloom, which has been attributed to the El Niño impact, caused losses of 100,000 MT of Chile’s salmon production -- approximately 12 percent of Chile’s annual production....