Export markets
Pork supplied to international destinations
Cárnicas de la Litera supplies professional buyers internationally. There is no closed list of destinations: tell us where the product is going and the export team confirms what applies to it.
What changes from one destination to the next is the documentation, the labelling and the packing — not whether an enquiry is welcome. Requirements are confirmed before an order is placed, not after loading.
How eligibility is determined
Product × Establishment × Destination
- Product
- Product code, family, specification and processing condition.
- Establishment
- Export approval and the certification scope that applies to it.
- Condition
- Chilled or frozen, and the handling each requires.
- Destination
- Import rules, veterinary documentation, labelling and packing.
What changes from one destination to the next
Destination does not decide whether product can be quoted; it decides what has to accompany it. These are the six things that vary, and each is settled before an order rather than discovered at the port.
Health certificate
Consignments to a third country travel under the export health certificate model agreed between the EU and that country, signed by the official veterinarian. Which model applies follows from the destination and the product.
Establishment listing
Some destinations accept any EU-approved establishment; others require the individual plant to appear on a list the importing authority maintains. Which applies to your destination is confirmed at enquiry, before anything is committed.
Labelling and language
Carton and pack labelling carries the product description, batch identification, weights, storage conditions and dates. The particulars required and the language they appear in are set by the destination market.
Packing and configuration
Carton format, liner, piece presentation and pallet pattern are agreed against the product specification. Some markets and some buyers require a configuration different from the one held against the code.
Chilled or frozen
Condition governs the transport mode, the temperature regime carried on the documentation and the shelf life available on arrival. It is fixed with the specification, not after the route is chosen.
Customs classification
The catalogue sits under Combined Nomenclature headings 0203, 0206, 0209 and 0504 depending on the cut. The subheading declared, and the duty and quota treatment that follows, depend on the destination tariff.
None of this is decided by the catalogue. Two buyers ordering the same code for different destinations receive the same specification with a different document set, a different label and, where the market calls for it, a different packing configuration.
Tell us the destination
Send the destination country and port, the product codes or a description of the cut, the volume and whether you need chilled or frozen. The export team will confirm the documentation that applies and what can be supplied against it.
Product eligibility depends on the destination
Export eligibility can vary by product, establishment, processing condition and destination market. A product approved for one country may require different documentation or establishment approval for another.
Product
- Product code
- Product family
- Chilled or frozen
- Technical specification
Establishment
- Processing establishment
- Approval status
- Certification scope
- Verification date
Destination
- Import requirements
- Veterinary documentation
- Market approvals
- Labelling and packing requirements
Further reading for buyers
View allTechnical guides covering the requirements behind this page, written for import and quality teams.
Market access20 sources
Importing pork into Asian markets: what governs access
How access to Asian pork markets works: the importing authority's acceptance of the origin, establishment listing, a bilateral health certificate, and the import clearance or quarantine registration required on arrival.
Export documentation20 sources
The document set for a meat import
The documents that travel with a meat consignment, what each one proves, who issues it, and where the CHED and TRACES sit when the destination is inside the EU.
Quality & compliance12 sources
How to verify an EU meat supplier
How EU establishment approval numbers work under Regulation (EC) 853/2004, what each element of the oval identification mark means, and how to check a supplier in the official lists published through TRACES NT.