Paraguay: Exports of poultry products fell, due to higher domestic consumption

According to the report of the veterinary organization, the poultry sector sent some 8,271 tons to different destinations for a value of USD 9,858,322, while in the same period of the previous year 9,793 tons had been sent for USD 10,033,291. The Iraqi market remained in first place in shipments with 26%, while Albania was in second place with 18%, third place went to Vietnam which covered 8%, while Ghana occupied 6%, as did Mozambique 6%. Guinea, Cuba, Kosovo, and the Bahamas had 5% respectively, and other markets 16%. According to what the president of the Paraguayan Farmers Association (Avipar), Néstor Zarza, explained to La Nación/Nación Media, one of the main causes is that the domestic market is absorbing a large part of the national production, that is, there was an improvement in said market. He commented that to a no lesser extent, there is the difficulty of getting space on the barges, since the river levels are lower, which is why they draw less water and load fewer ...