Argentina was a barbecue, beef consumption continues to fall in Salta and in the country while exports grow

This was revealed by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meat and Derivatives of the Argentine Republic (CICCRA). The entity also highlighted that the twelve-month moving average until November 2024 was 47 kilos per inhabitant, which shows a 12.4% year-on-year decrease. “Thus, estimates indicate that consumption of the product suffered the lowest record in November in the last 22 years,” they highlighted. In detail, the apparent domestic consumption of beef was equivalent to 2,038 million tons, 10.1% lower than the absorption in the domestic market in the same period of 2023. According to the report, in the first eleven months of the year, a total of 369 establishments slaughtered 12.67 million heads of cattle, that is, 5.7% less than in January-November 2023. The total exported in October 2024 was equivalent to 56.2 thousand tons - without considering sales of bones with meat - and in the monthly comparison a reduction of 6.6% was observed, explained by the 'normalization' of ...