Mercosur achieves a record in beef exports in 2022

In 2022, Mercosur achieved historic volumes of beef exports, a total of 3.4 million tons, 16.4% above 2021. Of the 4 countries, 3 reached new ceilings: Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, while the Shipments from Uruguay were slightly lower than the previous year. This was revealed by a report by the Mediterranean Foundation, cited by the Argentine media outlet Los Andes, which revealed that the bloc's beef exports were a record last year. The 3.36 million tons also rose 69% compared to 5 years ago. In 2022, shipments closed at 2 million tons for Brazil, while there were 630,000 tons from Argentina, 396,000 tons from Uruguay, and 334,000 tons from Paraguay, according to the latest report from the consultant. (Read: Mercosur has exported 2.83 million tons of meat until October) Taking the last 20 years as a reference, Paraguay and Brazil lead, with an average annual growth in shipments of 9.2% and 8% respectively; Argentina is third with a year-on-year growth of 7.2%; and Uruguay ...