From January to August of this year, Mexico’s agri-food exports increased 15.5 percent annually, setting a record value and occupying second place among the main sources of foreign exchange. Information from Inegi, Banco de México and the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP) reveals that in the first eight months of 2022, the...
Until September, the international prices of meat products were higher by 7.7% compared to the records corresponding to the same month of last year, taking into account pork, beef, chicken and sheep. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), despite this year-on-year increase, prices had a...
n 2023, world exports of beef will reach 12.1 million tons, 1% less than this year, and imports will fall 2%, according to the most recent report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The outlook is for lower import demand, particularly for finer cuts, as the economic...
Through the border with Guatemala, between 800,000 and 1 million cattle enter Mexico illegally every year , according to authorities, representatives of the agricultural sector and specialists. The entry of these animals, without going through sanitary controls, represents a risk both for the health of people and for Mexican livestock. The Secretary...
The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation and the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) reported that they are working to control and comply with regulations that seek to promote healthy working conditions for workers of the meat industry who are in charge of...
A new trade report analyzing the effects of beef imports and exports highlights the strong economic value of the U.S. beef industry’s participation in a global marketplace. The report, “Assesing Economic Impacti That Would Follow -loss of Us Beef Exports and Imports,” was authored by Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State...
The fed cattle market has continued its contra-seasonal move through the third quarter. Typically, larger fed cattle numbers with more days on feed are met with consumers pulling back as fall schedules commence along with the additional expenses that accompanying all hit at once. The third quarter has seen...
Given the alleged cases of poisoning and death of a person for eating meat from Panama in Mexico, Alfredo Oranges, ambassador to Mexico, reiterated that “Panama does not export meat to Mexico,” for which he rejected the accusation in an interview with the journalist Pedro Ferriz de Con, at...
In September, the internal consumption of beef reached 47.2 kilos per inhabitant per year, a slight year-on-year increase of 0.8%, but a 7.6% drop compared to the same month in 2019. The low levels of consumption internal are still linked to a lower purchasing power of the population, the growth of...
At the Export Day commemoration ceremony on July 26, the intention to request Uruguay’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by President Luis Lacalle Pou was announced. This agreement allows trade intensification through tariff reductions and treatment of barriers to trade. It was signed in 2018 by 11 countries: Australia, Brunei...