Meat exports fell 9.4% in April despite good international prices

Meat exports fell 9.4% in April despite good international prices

If shipments are compared in the first four months of the year 2022 with those corresponding to the period January to April 2021, these showed a varied behavior in relation to the levels of activity that had been registered a year ago: United States, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy show growth of a significant magnitude. Israel exhibits moderate positive variations; while China and Spain show slight to moderate falls.

Finally, Brazil and Chile show falls of great magnitude in the volumes of Argentine meat demanded. The dependence on the Chinese market for Argentine beef exports has become decisive, and in the last month of April 2022, there were 33.7 thousand tons, which represented approximately 72.2% of shipments. Israel, with 3.2 thousand tons, became the second most relevant destination, in terms of volumes, in the month of April 2022.

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According to the report, Argentine beef exports fell by about 14.0 thousand tons when comparing the first four months of lthe last two years.

Of the approximately 294.3 million dollars received from beef exports in April 2022, about 30.4% originated from chilled boneless cuts, the tariff position that includes products with the highest unit value, including Hilton cuts. Boneless frozen cuts contributed 64.2% of the foreign currency received during the last month of April 2022, and frozen bones, which are sold to the Chinese market, had a 5.2% share.

Source: Ambito

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