The income of the pig sector of Paraguay has increased by 47% until August

In a scenario of greater commercial dynamism and better prices, income from exports of pork products experienced an increase of 47% at the end of the second four-month period of the year, according to the report of the National Service for Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa). Between January and August of this year, this livestock sector generated US $ 6.7 million in foreign exchange, a figure higher than the US $ 4.5 million received in the same period last year. Until the indicated date, there was an important demand from markets such as Georgia, which consolidated as an important market for these items, offsetting the drop in other destinations. This led to a 20% increase in the volume traded in the accumulated volume between January and August of this year, reaching 3,689.7 tons, against the 3,072.3 tons shipped in the same period of the previous season. The price also performed better than last year, averaging US $ 1,809 per ton. This amount shows a growth of 22.5% in ...