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Summary of Consultant Activities
1. Attend ATO meeting in Mexico City and visit to ANIAME 2. Preparation for AFIA-AGRO Mexico 3. Cotton estimates Chad Russell, Director
NCPA's consultant for Mexico was invited to the monthly meeting
where Mr. James Schroeder, Deputy Under Secretary for Farm &
Foreign Services, USDA was the main speaker. Topics included
Washington politics, the budget, trade policy issues, and market
trends.
It was mentioned that Wal-Mart, as well as Carrefour, major food chain stores in Mexico, are working with the ATO office on in-store promotion programs for American food products. Grievances by representatives of the pork association and US Feed Grains Council related to import barriers with their products were mentioned. It was noted that SECOFI, the department of commerce and trade in Mexico, was on their side as a measure of controlling inflation in Mexico. Canada is reportedly declaring that they can separate GMO seed from non GMO seed a publicity advantage for their seed.
ANIAME (Mexico Oil Crushers Association)
visit
Lic. Eduardo Lopes and Lic. Amadeo
Ibarra Hallal (Director)
It was reported that in the most recent publication of their
Quarterly Edition Magazine (3,000 issues), an article by NCPA
consultant Silva and a paper presented by staffer Lynn Jones were
published. The titles were: "Availability and Advantages of the
Use of Cottonseed Meal for Beef and Dairy Cattle", and
"Cottonseed Oil - Its Use and Nutritional Aspects".
Also on the main cover of the magazine was the title "Cottonseed - Its Oil Production and Meal Protein" appeared along with a picture relating to it. The meal article will be reprinted and used in promoting cottonseed meal in Mexico. Furthermore, the article focused on the findings of the study "Strategic Planning for Cotton By-Products Used as Animal Feed" done by Monterrey Tech for NCPA in 1999. Since Mexico's cotton production is estimated to decrease by 54% for the period 2000-2001, the question was asked on how this will affect cotton crushers , dairy cattle producers and imports. Mr. Lopez mentioned that there will be stiff competition between crushers and dairymen, with the latter holding an upper hand in price, which will increase imports into Mexico. Mr. Ibarra also was interested in promoting cottonseed oil in Mexico as a bottled oil in a joint endeavor.
2. Preparation for AFIA- AGRO
MEXICO 2000
As part of NCPA
promoting program for cottonseed products in Mexico, the consultant
and NCPA representatives will be attending the major show in
Guadalajara during March 8-12 .
3. COTTON
ESTIMATES
Confederacion De Asociaciones
Algodoneras De La Republica Mexicana
Final results
of the last production period of cotton are out.
For the period 1999-00, 620,079 bales were produced, with 151,138
hectares planted .
For the period 2000-01, it's estimated the following with a 54% decrease from the last period.
This is a considerable decrease
apparently because of the price of cotton in the world market and
lack of significant subsidies by the Mexican government for Mexican
cotton planters. The 295,400 bales are expected to yield
approximately to 110,775 metric tons of cottonseed.
Summary of Consultant Activities
Summary of Consultant Activities 1. Preparation for Cottonseed Meal promotion in Beef
Cattle Show in Escarcega, Campeche, Mexico The consultant was invited to promote cottonseed products with an emphasis on cottonseed meal use by dual purpose cattle by the Cattlemen's Association of Escarcega from May 9-11 for their annual Cattle Exhibition Contest celebrated every year, in which cattlemen from neighboring states of Chiapas, Tabasco and Yucatan participate. A presentation is being prepared which will be given to exhibitors of the Brown Swiss and Brahman breeds and students. The objective of this visit is to explore in an almost virgin market (the tropics) the far southern part of Mexico, the use of high protein supplements. This area gets their imports through the Gulf coast within the Yucatan Peninsula that is very close to the Houston and New Orleans sea ports. There is considerable dual purpose cattle in this area that is fed basically tropical forage with almost no supplement, making it a potential market for US cottonseed meal in the future.2. Mexico Cotton Crop estimates Confederacion De Asociaciones Algodoneras De La Republica Mexicana It is now estimated a production of 292,200 bales which is equivalent to 109,575 metric tons of cottonseed. This shows an increase from last month report of 42,200 bales, probably due to the subsidy just reported by SAGAR . The subsidy is for a total of 1,888.00 pesos ($200 US ) per hectare which is distributed in technical assistance, plague management, plant management transgenic seed use and a direct subsidy from the Procampo government agriculture program.
Summary of Consultant Activities
2. Visit to Chihuahua Cattlemen
Association (Northern Part of Mexico)
CAMPECHE-ESCARCEGA
LOCAL CATTLEMEN ASSOCIATION
M.V.Z. PEDRO A. MORENO DIRECTOR
The Mexican Consultant was invited to this part of Mexico to make a presentation on Cottonseed products at their annual Cattle Show Expo 2000 that was held from the 13-17 of May. This talk was prepared for technicians, veterinarians and cattlemen. The promotion was focused on cottonseed meal use in cattle. The cattle show was attended by important cattlemen of the region and of nearby states of Chiapas, Yucatan , Tabasco and Veracruz.
The objective of
this visit is to open a highly potential market for cottonseed products,
mainly cottonseed meal, in the area. The use of high quality
protein supplements as a management tool is non-existent . They do use
some soybean meal imported through the Yucatan Peninsula, which likely
originate from Texas or Louisiana sea-ports. Similar routes
could be taken advantage for cottonseed meal . This region
involves mainly four states, already mentioned, that have dual-purpose
cattle as Brown Swiss or crosses of Brahman which produce milk and meat.
This system of production is typical of the Tropical areas of Mexico and
is estimated that there are more than five million cattle under this
system. These cattle are fed through almost 100% tropical forage
which is inconsistent in it's protein quality and is scarce during short
periods of the year when the rainfall decreases. The latest NCPA
publication (in Spanish), Availability and Advantages of Cottonseed
Meal for Dairy and Beef Cattle Use, was distributed.
Considering the importance of the area a more detailed report will be
prepared in the near future involving not just Campeche but all the
states mentioned for potential markets for NCPA's cottonseed meal
in Mexico.
UNION GANADERA REGIONAL DE
CHIHUAHUA
CARLOS CARRASCO GUERRA
MARKETING
This cattle
association as mentioned in previous reports is significant in promoting
cottonseed meal since it's in an area where this supplement has been
used for many years. This association at the moment, according to
Mr. Carrasco, has 7,000 members with about 1,200,000 bovines. Drought
conditions have considerably reduced the number of cattle this past
years according to Mr. Carrasco.
They have imported
about 3,000 metric tons of cottonseed meal during this year and
will be importing more throughout the rest of the year according to Mr.
Carrasco. Since this region has been declared an emergency area because
of drought conditions they are receiving subsidies from the government
to buy feed for their cattle, which they do as forage, high protein and
energy supplements.
Mexico
City ATO Credit lines under the Facilities Guarantee Program were discussed. The purpose of this program is to offer credit to Mexican companies interested in constructing facilities that would help them but at the same time enhances imports of American Products. Phytosanitary rules for controlling aflatoxin in Corn, Milo and Peanut imported into Mexico will possibly come into effect. The maximum level permitted will be 20 ppb. To this they will also be applying methyl bromine if it hasn't been applied at the point of origin. This apparently is a rule in disguise to control GMO seed that might come into Mexico by using Ethyl Bromine. Mexico
City This
company as reported in previous reports no longer uses cottonseed oil
in their mayonnaise
product. They changed to
using soybean oil in October
of 1998. Mr. Melendez mentioned
that although at first they had to overcome some technical problems they
are satisfied with the
soybean oil they use. Mr.
Melendez said that they like cottonseed oil
but had many technical problems as availability and quality control
of the oil. When they
imported cottonseed oil from the US they would always use an intermediate
within Mexico which we called it a “filter” for
further processing the oil. This
would permit them to refuse the oil if
it didn't meet their quality standards at receiving point. This is
the procedure they like to work with
when they import a product. CANCUN Fifteen significant contacts were made of potential users of cottonseed oil in the area One point to be made is that all the interested businesses in cottonseed oil asked for a major distributor in the area to provide them the product; something that has to be analyzed in order to further successfully promote Cottonseed oil in the area. A potential market exist for cottonseed oil in drum containers.
Summary
of Consultant Activities:
AYAMSA Mr.
Guerra mentioned that they were
buying cottonseed for one of
their major clients in Mexico LALA, three major
Dairy Cooperative and a producer
of milk in Mexico. Apparently, LALA is getting cottonseed from
dealers and traders in Mexico, that
get their seed from
NCPA members. It is
estimated that the
quantity of cottonseed acquired
by LALA has increased considerably;
since they would
buy this product directly from
US companies or directly from
the Mexican cotton ginners when
seed was available. Mr. Guerra considered that the price of cottonseed in
the US was influenced at the moment by the Mexican demand of it. LALA This
dairy cooperative is a major cottonseed consumer
and was importing an on average of 6000 metric tons of cottonseed
per month according to Mr.
Almaraz. This would make it a
yearly level of more than 70,000 metric tons.
They have not had any
quality problems at the moment but were
afraid somewhat of aflatoxins.
Mr. Almaraz agreed that the price of cottonseed
at the moment was influenced by
market and possibly environmental conditions. DAIRY
NUTRITION SERVICES This
nutritionist consulting firm has
about 20,000 dairy cows as clients between Torreon
and the Chihuahua area of Mexico.
Dr. Delgado considered that the
potential for a dairy cow increase
is enormous in this area and demonstrated although
not directly by the consumption of cottonseed at the moment by LALA.
They report daily production averages of more than 70 lbs per cow.
Dr. Delgado also mentioned
that LALA had strong interest in exporting milk into the United States in
the future. Summary of Consultant Activities
Chihuahua,
Cd. Delicias NCPA’s Mexico consultant attended this major dairy meeting, which has been held for the last three years. The city of Delicias is a major dairy area with over 50,000 cows and is continuously growing. There are two groups of dairy producers that are leaders in the area. The ALCODESA feed plant that belongs to the dairy cooperative of which Mr. Duran is the president (previously visited by NCPA consultant) and the Zaragosa dairy group. The ALCODESA feed plant, Ing. Marcos Guerrero, General Director, produces 8,000 metric tons of feed per month and consumes 500 metric tons of cottonseed, according to Mr. Guerrero. The Zaragosa group of Chihuahua with some farms in Delicias has about 13,000 dairy cows and approximately 10,000 calves and heifer replacements, according to Mr. Vidana, a nutritionist of the Zaragosa group. The conferences were focused on the dairy producer of the area with emphasis on feeding, quality of grains (mycotoxins) and worker- management relations. It was attended by at least 200 dairy producers and about 100 potential attendants were refused admission because of lack of space. Information on cottonseed and cottonseed meal outlook for the US were given to Alcodesa, Zaragosa group and Mr Samuel Pena of Dairy Nutrition Services of Torreon. World
Conference And Exhibition of Oil Processing and Utilization The latest report for Mexico on Cotton from the Confederation of Associations of Mexican Cotton producers as of Sept 20 gives and estimate of 370,565 bales of cotton for the period 2000-2001. In a meeting of September 18 with government officials and cotton producers the basis was set to increase production in the future to at least one million bales in 200,000 hectares with a financial assistance of 35%. There will be subsequent meetings in which this objective will be evaluated through the factors that affect it. Another point mentioned by the Confederation is that cotton that will be coming from Memphis will have inadequate cotton characteristics for the textile industry of Mexico.
Summary of Consultant Activities
Mexico
City This major Association of Oil Crushers of Mexico has always being very cooperative in information with NCPA and said that cottonseed meal consumption according to Mr. Lopez has picked up from last year. Mr. Lopez was very interested in having information on cottonseed products outlooks for their weekly reports when the situation significantly called for it. Also was interested on the new publicity for cottonseed oil use. It was also mentioned that the President of ANIAME Enrique Gamez will give the welcoming remarks on the World Conference and Exhibition on Oilseed Processing and Utilization to be held in Cancun Mexico from November 12 – 17, to be attended by the Mexican Consultant. Inquiries Cotton
Estimates
Summary of Consultant Activities
Monterrey National Associations of Charros Cottonseed Feed Outlook
Report Cotton Estimates This last cycle is finishing with the following data.
*It is noticeable the
production of La- Laguna region which was due to the planting of GMO seed
in 80 % their hectares planted, that also reduced significantly the
plagues caused by the pink worm.
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