Lechenia and Ernesto Hermosillo from Comecarne, a talk to close the year and learn about the behavior of meat consumption in Mexico

We are about to close the year, that is why it occurred to me, Lechenia, to take a look back and see how the national meat industry behaved during these 12 months, for which, what better than to talk with Ernesto Hermosillo Seyffert , president of the Mexican Meat Council (Comecarne)... well, chat via WhatsApp because my friend's schedule got complicated on the phone. More consumption of the main meats He explained to me that in our country, people are consuming more and more meat. So much so, that from January to October a total of 8.4 million tons of beef, pork and chicken were demanded, which if compared to 2022, represents an increase of almost 5%. Although Mexico is the seventh largest meat producer worldwide, its contribution of 6.5 mt. accumulated in the first 10 months of 2023 was not enough, so imports had to be resorted to to guarantee supply. This means that almost 2 mt. of animal protein had to be brought from other latitudes (mainly the United States) to ensure that ...