According to the USDA, imports of beef and pork will increase this year in the Asian country, while those of chicken will decrease. Considering that China’s meat import figures for Q4 2022 were stronger than expected, the 2023 beef and pork import forecasts are reported to be higher and higher...
The slaughter of bovines continued its downward trend one month before the end of 2022, with a drop of 6.1% compared to 2021 and one of 9.2% compared to 2019. Throughout this year, the benefit with destination for export was the hardest hit, with a decrease of more than...
It’s been more than a year since China imposed a ban on Canadian beef imports following a case of atypical BSE in a central Alberta cow and there are no signs as to when it might be lifted. Unlike the classic variant of the neurological disorder, which is largely...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries agreed to implement the chopping of meat with the provinces that are members of the Technical Advisory Board, which establishes a limit of up to 32 kilograms per piece to be able to be loaded by workers and the use of mechanical...
The Ministry of Commerce announced that the National Center for Animal Health (Cenasa) of Cuba granted its authorization to Colombia to export beef, pork, poultry, dairy products and meat derivatives. Cenasa determined that the Colombian official inspection system is equivalent to the Cuban one. The National Institute for Food and...
The Argentine government said Fridaay that Mexico has authorized the entry of beef imports from 22 meatpacking plants in the South American country, a traditional exportes of the food. According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, as of Friday the conditions are already in place “to start...
The growth of US beef exports to China in recent years show the potential of that market to absorb new suppliers. In the past two years, Us beef exports to China/Hong Kong have jumped from just over 20,000 t to 263,000 t to the end of November 2022. Us...
After three consecutive droughts caused by La Niña, the United States would have the lowest herd since 1951-52, at about 87.7 million cattle. Consequently, after a 2022 with record production, the amount of tons of meat obtained in 2023 would fall between 400 and 500 thousand tons. At the annual...
Benefits such as the Single Import License must be available to producers and marketers and not only to a small group of businessmen, asserted the Mexican Meat Council (Comecarne) . Ernesto Hermosillo, president of the organization, considered that it will be difficult to see positive results on final prices, since so far few...
The head of the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa), José Carlos Martin, argued that Paraguay ended 2022 in 9th place among the largest meat exporters in the world, which is why it continues to be in the top ten of the industry. However, he indicated that there is...