Uruguay quality beef complies with EU demands on deforestation, sustainability, and traceability

게시됨 2024년 11월 13일

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Uruguay's protein consumption has increased to 95 kilos per person, with beef making up 46% of the total. Despite this, the country continues to export high-quality beef at lowered domestic prices due to exports to demanding markets and imports of lower-quality meat. Pork is mainly imported from Brazil, and Uruguay is negotiating to join the Trans Pacific trade agreement for more beef market opportunities. Uruguay also exports expensive mutton and lamb cuts and promotes domestic consumption through television. The country has a long history of sustainable cattle breeding, with faiths from the FAO reducing the blame on animal breeding for carbon emissions. Uruguay has signed an agreement with the European Union to prove its cattle rearing is sustainable and not on land gained from deforestation.

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The protein consumption of Uruguayans has averaged some 95 kilos per person, a few more kilos than back in 1918, when after reaching a peak of 87, had begun to fall. Of the total 95 kilos, 46 have been beef, with the rest chicken and pork, according to Conrado Ferber, head of the Uruguay National Meats Institute, INAC. An interesting fact is that despite the significant beef consumption in Uruguay, the country has not ceased to export, and domestic prices have actually fallen. This is because Uruguay exports top class certified beef to some of the most demanding markets in the world, such as China, Japan, Korea, US, Canada, but also imports, purchases beef from Brazil and Paraguay, which do not have the same international quality standing of the Uruguayan produce. It must also be mentioned that Uruguayan been must pay a 12% tariff in China, 38% in Japan and 20% in Korea. Ferber also referred to the fact that most pork is imported from neighboring Brazil and that Uruguay together ...

출처: MercoPress