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Argentina’s beef exports offset declining domestic consumption

Published: March 5, 2019

In December 2018, Argentina’s beef exports rose +129% compared with the same month in 2017, with China absorbing 56% of the total. However, the decline in domestic consumption is impacting cattle farmers.

Argentina’s beef exports to double in 2018

Published: August 30, 2018

Argentina’s beef exports could double in 2018 thanks to increasing demand from China and the devaluation of its currency.

Disputes over Argentina’s hide export levies revived

Published: January 8, 2018

The appointment of Luis Miguel Etchevehere as the new Minister of Agriculture by Argentina’s President, Mauricio Macri, in November 2017 has revived a long-time dispute between the country’s slaughterhouses and tanneries over tax issues on leather exports.

Argentina’s footwear sector remains in crisis

Published: March 28, 2017

Representatives from Argentina’s footwear sector have qualified the crisis as “very serious”, and point to the 4,500 job losses and 2,500 job suspensions in the past year.

Argentina’s beef exports up 12% in 2016

Published: January 11, 2017

Argentina’s beef exports increased 12% in 2016, following the Macri government’s elimination of the export quotas on beef in December 2015.

Argentina lifts restriction on beef exports

Published: January 25, 2016

The Argentinian government has announced country lifted restrictions on beef exports, overcoming worries that the domestic demand may be impacted with shortage of beef.