Argentine: Producers ask for the elimination of export restrictions
Livestock production is going through a critical situation, said producers from the Confederation of Rural Associations of Buenos Aires and La Pampa. At this time, it was called for the removal of restrictions on the export of cuts of meat.
At the same time, the members of the entity emphasized that the annual increase of meat on the hoof in October 2022 compared to October 2021 was 47.3%, well below the inflation values.
"However, its production costs have increased above the inflationary rate", the confederation described about the present of the sector. In addition, they explained that the domestic market situation, the decrease in wages and the lack of pastures do not contribute to the improvement of production conditions.
"We understand that it is time for the Government to urgently release the existing restrictions on exports in an international market that has become recessive and oversupplied," the entity informed.
For its part, the Agrarian Federation also exposed its view on livestock. "There is no mention of export quotas, nor of the prohibited cuts to trade abroad, nor of how the multiple types of dollars that coexist in the country affect us, which means that producers do not know how we will be affected. We only know that we buy supplies in dollars and that we sell in pesos, in a completely depressed domestic market due to the enormous impact of inflation and the economic crisis suffered by Argentines, our main buyers."
In this sense, the producers emphasized that the Argentine livestock is affected by the deep economic disaster that the country is experiencing and that was the responsibility of a management that failed to curb inflation or control price makers.
"We want to continue producing the Argentinian meat that makes us proud, that is part of our identity and our national identity. Without conditions, without predictability and without a plan, every day becomes more difficult, beyond our efforts alone," the producers concluded.
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