Colombia: 2022 will also be the year with the highest imports of beef

Cut to the 3rd quarter of 2022, the cost of imports of beef and offal exceeds that of the annual totals of previous years except 2021. However, comparing the first 9 months of 2022 with those of that year, the value has up more than 44% and the volume, 33%. The Office of Planning and Economic Research of Fedegán-FNG, based on DANE records, reported that in the first 3 quarters of 2022, 8,972 tons of beef and offal were imported for a CIF value of USD 42,330,000. This is an increase of 33% compared to the 6,745 t obtained in the period January-September 2021, while it is 44.1% higher than its cost, which was USD 29.4 million. (Read: Imports of meat and offal are also high in 2022) Compared to the last year before the pandemic, the increase is 21.3% compared to the volume of 7,397 t until September 2019, but the value has almost doubled, exceeding 81.5% of 23.3 million dollars. What did these imports cost? In fact, the USD 42.3 million spent in 9 months of 2022 has already far ...