Colombia: Slaughter for export is at its lowest level in the last 6 years

The DANE Livestock Slaughter Survey (ESG) with a cut-off date of July 2023 revealed a worrying fact: only 3,548 carcasses prepared for export were counted. This number is not only the lowest of the year but also the worst monthly figure in the last 6 years. Although March of this year also saw a sharp decline, with just 4,791 channels, it is the first time since July 2017 that it has fallen below 4,000. It is even lower, because at that time 3,965 were registered. To see a lower number you have to go back to May 2015, with 2,277 head. The poor result in July 2017 was due to the fact that that month the first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was detected in the country after 7 years of having obtained the WHOA certification as a country free of the disease with vaccination, thanks to the management of Fedegán-FNG. But in 2017, a year and a half after the government of then-president Juan Manuel Santos and Minister Aurelio Irragori took away the administration of parafiscal ...