
Total sales were 699,987 tonnes, with the United States experiencing a 46% increase in beef imports from Argentina. There were also significant increases in shipments to Chile, Israel, the EU , Mexico, Brazil, RUSSIA, CANADA and Malaysia.
Chilled beef accounted for 16% of exports, with the rest frozen. Argentina slaughtered 10.22 million HEAD of cattle and produced more than 2.33 million tons of MEAT, 30% of which was consumed domestically.