🐖 Consumption drives pork, but imports and exports slow down the pork sector

Pormag made its assessment for 2025: pork was the most chosen by Argentinians and surpassed beef and poultry, but the record in imports and the drop in exports turned on warning signals for profitability. The pork sector closed 2025 with a balance of lights and shadows. The Association of Lean Pork Producers (Pormag) described the year as "of changing context", with a first semester more favorable than the second in terms of profitability, and a scenario that leaves important challenges for 2026. Among the positive aspects, the entity highlighted that production and slaughter returned to grow, although at a more moderate pace. "We had an increase close to 3% in animals slaughtered and pork production", they pointed out, a figure that, while far from the historical average of 7%, was valued as encouraging in a year of economic readjustment. One of the most outstanding points of the balance was the performance of the internal market. According to Pormag, pork consumption closed the ...