Argentina enters top 10 meat exporters worldwide
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), last year the country exported 216,000 tons of meat. With this volume, in 2016 the country was ranked tenth in the top exporters worldwide. The ninth place was occupied by Mexico, with meat exports of 258,000 tons.
In the October, the USDA had placed Argentina and Mexico in 2017 with 280,000 tons of meat. However, the data handled in the sector, considering November and December sales, foresee that Argentina would end the year with a level higher than 300,000 tons. In this way, it would leave behind Mexico, which would close with 280,000 tons of exported meat.
"It's a fact that we're going to be in ninth place," one Argentinian exporter said according to Argentine Rural Society.
According to the estimates, Argentina will export more than 300,000 tons of meat by the end of 2017, 46% of this being shipped to China, Argentina's largest buyer; 14% to Chile, and 11% to Germany, among other markets.
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