Meat consumption in Argentina significantly decreased in September
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Argentina
Published Oct 19, 2022
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The consumption of beef has been declining for a long time, with a loss of three kilos per inhabitant, annually, since the current government took office. Since 2008, the consumption of beef cuts lost no less than 22 kilos per person per year.
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In September, beef slaughtering 276 thousand tons equivalent beef on the bone (tn/r/c/h), which represents a decrease of 4.6% per month, considering the number of working days, with a greater number of heads of cattle slaughtered and greater weight in the hook of the beef. The data corresponds to the monthly survey of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meat and Derivatives of the Argentine Republic (CICCRA), and highlights that in the comparison with September 2021 of 7.9%, although this was "driven by the greater number of slaughtered heads and the increase in the average hook weight". But this does not translate into increased meat consumption. In fact, in the last three years the consumption of beef has contracted 7.6%. In the ninth month of the year, the average consumption per inhabitant for twelve months was 47.2 kg/year, highlighted CICCRA. This was 0.8% higher than the average of twelve months ago (+0.4 kg/person/year). Meanwhile, when comparing with the figure for ...
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