Proud Paraguay: The Vice Minister of Livestock highlighted that his country multiplied meat exports by twenty and still

Published 2024년 12월 13일

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Paraguay has seen a significant increase in its livestock exports, rising from $50 million to $1.2 billion over the past 20 years. The country has over 20 international markets, including the United States, and is working to enter the Japanese market. Paraguay's livestock industry has also improved animal health practices and relies heavily on grass feeding. The industry is also focusing on improving genetics through crossbreeding and in vitro fertilization. Paraguay has a sustainable production plan for the Paraguayan Chaco, which houses 46% of the country's bovine population, and maintains reserves and forest reserves to preserve biodiversity.

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“In the last 20 years we have gone from having exports of just over 50 million dollars to having exports of close to 1.2 billion dollars,” the Paraguayan Vice Minister of Livestock, Marcelo Andrés González Ferreira, uses these figures to refer to the rapid growth that livestock has had in this neighboring country. Accompanying these figures, there are also the more than 20 destinations to which Paraguayan meat arrives, within the international market. In this regard, the livestock industry celebrates having resumed exports to the United States, after being interrupted for 25 years. However, the closest goal is to enter the Japanese market. All this without neglecting the Chilean market, the main importer. “We were conquering important markets, very demanding markets. We started with Chile, which gave us, at one point, a very high demand to have finished steers at 24 months. Today, Chile continues to be our main market for high-quality meat, about 48-50% of our production is within ...

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