Despite the latest price increases, Argentina continues to have cheaper meat than in Uruguay and Chile, but it exceeded

Despite the upward correction in recent weeks, Argentina continues to have one of the cheapest beef in the entire region, according to a report prepared by IERAL-Fundación Medriterránea in collaboration with the Sociedad Rural del Noreste Santiagueño. The survey to be able to compare meat prices in each country was carried out in online stores during the third week of January and the first week of February, which is when the strong price update was presented in the Argentine market. The report, coordinated by Juan Manuel Garzón, revealed that in the Argentine market the average retail price of a basket of eight medium/high quality cuts, which was 1,780 pesos per kilogram in the third week of last month, rose to 2,267 pesos. in February. In comparison, the same cuts, measured in Argentine pesos, had a price of $2009/kg in Brazil, $2606/kg in Uruguay and $2893/kg in Chile, maintaining similar values in the period considered. Of these three neighboring countries, it is worth ...