MEXICO CITY, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican cattle industry is losing about 11.4 million U.S. dollars each day due to the U.S. government's suspension of live cattle imports from the country, authorities said Monday.

The temporary ban, which Washington said was because of a review of joint efforts to control the screwworm fly, is disrupting supply chains and threatening food availability in both countries, the National Agricultural Council said in a statement.

"The suspension impacts Mexican agriculture and puts food security at risk on both sides of the border," the council said.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the ban as unjustified, calling for mutual coordination rather than unilateral decisions.

"We disagree with this measure. There is no reason to close the border to Mexican cattle," she said Monday during a press briefing.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Sunday she was suspending imports of livestock through the Mexican border on a "month-by-month basis" to protect U.S. cattle from the threat of a dangerous, flesh-eating parasite infestation. ■