He Rosario livestock marketRosgan, reported that the consumption of meat of 2023 was 113 kilos per capita. Measure includes all three types meat (beef, chicken and pork). “In the face of a process of sharp real deterioration in wages and sustained increases in prices, meat consumption did not fallbut increased slightly“they stated in the report.
“In 2023, official figures add up to a total consumption of the three types of meat of 113 kilos per capita, although in the composition beef lost compared to 10 years ago about 10 kilos while chicken and pork increased on average between six and seven kilos, respectively,” he said. Rosgan in the survey published this Wednesday.
In this sense, he considered it “curious” that “in the face of a process of strong real deterioration in wages“, that increased 152.7% in 2023 against one inflation of 211.4% annuallyand “despite sustained increases in prices, meat consumption not only did not fall, but increased slightly”.
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According to the data disclosed by Rosgan, in 2023 the general increase from 111 to 113 kilos per capita is explained almost entirely by a increase in beef consumption since the rest of the meats, both chicken and pork remained stable.
“The well-known effect of replacement of goods that It is usually observed in contexts of strong real loss of income It does not seem to be happening in the consumption of meat, particularly with beef, which, being more expensive in relation to other types of meat such as chicken or pork, was, in turn, the one that registered the greatest percentage increase in prices in the last year. “continued the Rosario entity.
How much did meat increase in 2023?
According to the survey of retail prices carried out by the Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Beef (Ipcva)“while the price of beef chicken increased 240% in 2023 and the pork 254% annuallythe beef registered a 307% increase in those 12 months.
Specifically, the Beef prices increased three times from December 2022, while the other meats they did it in 2.5 times.
“In December 2023with the equivalent in pesos of a kilo of beef ($4,969) it was possible to buy 3.5 kilos of chicken fresh ($1,448) when a year ago 2.9 kilos were purchased and something similar happens with pork“, he compared Rosgan.
Likewise, when measuring the average monthly expenditure on meat and discounting inflation accumulated as of December 2023, concluded that “total spending, far from growing, in real terms has decreased slightly in the last three years” because “despite the sharp increase in prices during the last year in the three types of meat, “Prices in general are still cheaper than three years ago.”.
In this sense, the entity highlighted that “beef, which represents 65% of the total purchasing budget, on average It is 11% cheaper than what it cost in 2021translated into current currency”.
Source: Ambito
