US pork exports to Mexico hit new highs in 2022. Through November, according to data released by the USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), shipments to Mexico increased by 9% from the previous year and almost equaled the year 2021. The export value has already...
Mexico will not be able to replace all the corn it imports by 2024, but it hopes to reduce those purchases from abroad by between 30% and 40%, the Undersecretary of Agriculture, Víctor Suárez, said on Wednesday. Suárez explained that Mexico is advancing “significantly” in its objective of substituting the import...
Guanajuato.- The secretary of Agri-food and Rural Development of the state, Paulo Bañuelos, assured that the federal decree that allows the importation of meat from Argentina is affecting the ranchers of Guanajuato. On January 13, the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture reported that it received notification from the Mexican government of...
The export price of Uruguayan beef rose 14% last week compared to the previous week and averaged $4,416 per ton, which is the best value recorded since the end of November 2022, according to preliminary data. from the National Meat Institute (INAC). Foreign sales of beef had been at $3,883 the...
Alberta direct cattle sales saw moderate volume trade last week, with weighted average steer prices firming $3 per hundredweight higher than the previous week. The bulk of sales were reported dressed from $315-$317 per cwt. delivered Local live trade was reported comparable with rail sales at $187.75 per cwt....
For the United States, the changes that Mexico proposed to the decree that prohibits the import of trangenicos corn are insufficient and it has once again threatened to take the issue to a panel of controversies, via the TMEC, to stop the initiative of President López Obrador. The Office of the...
By 2023, the projected economic recovery, as well as the anticipated reactivation of the hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) sector, support the expansion of red meat consumption and imports. Despite an upward revision to China’s 2023 pork production from the October forecast, domestic supplies are largely unchanged year-on-year and are...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries formalized the export quota for beef to Colombia corresponding to the current year, through resolution 24/2023 published in the Official Gazette. Together with Europe (through the Hilton Quota and the 481), the United States, Israel and Chile, among other countries; Colombia is one of the...
The announcement this month that one of the biggest beef processing plants in Brazil’s Parana state would close, shedding hundreds of jobs, prompted a powerful meat lobby to demand “urgent” measures to support the sector, reported Reuters. In a statement on Tuesday, Sindicarnes-PR, which represents beef and pork companies,...
The value of Mexico’s acquisitions of basic grains and oilseeds abroad closed 2022 with a total of 17.7 billion dollars, an unprecedented annual figure since records exist (1993), this as a consequence of the high international prices of raw materials as a result of the war, since Ukraine is...