The letter, signed by Julio Armand Ugón and Angela Chaves, president and secretary of the FR, respectively, highlights the relevance of the export of live cattle, mainly for small-scale producers, and expresses its agreement with compliance of the standards on Animal Welfare, although it disagrees with the self-limitation according to criteria that are not required by international markets.

"Of our most consideration:

Hereby, the Rural Federation wishes to express its deepest concern about the possible negative impacts that resolution DGSG / No 283/019 of October 7, 2019, may have on national livestock, especially on small and medium-sized livestock breeder producers.