Uruguay has reported an increase of 15% in its meat exports between January and the 14th of April this year compared to the corresponding period from 2018, reaching a value of 608 million dollars, as reported by Prensa Latina.
Uruguay’s main importers of meat were China and the European Union. China bought 41% of Uruguay’s total meat exports, while the European Union bought a share 19%, while shipments towards the countries from the North American Free Trade Agreement (United Staes, Mexico and Canada) accounted for 13%.
Furthermore, out of the total trade value of 608 million dollars, 504 milion dollars came from beef and 21 came from sheep meat.
