Exports of beef closed 2022 with an increase of 10.9% in volume and 24% in turnover, according to the ABC Meat Exporters Consortium. This improvement in shipments was recorded despite the scenario of falling prices per ton exported in the last eight months.
According to the entity, the accumulated shipments of refrigerated and frozen meat was 632,000 tons of product weight. This volume generated a foreign exchange income of US$ 3,454 million.
“In the last eight months, there has been a persistent downward trend in prices in the main destinations from May onwards,” he said. Mario Ravettino, owner of the entity. And he added: “The average US$ 3,926 per ton obtained in the month of December is US$ 2,375 per ton below the maximum recorded in the month of April.”
In this context, China represented 77.6% of the total exported in 2022. The average price of boneless meat sales to that destination in December 2022 was over US$ 3,676 per ton, below the maximum of US$ 5,900 reached in May of that year.
Since the beginning of September, the ABC He remarked that a sharp drop in the prices offered by Chinese importers began to be noticed. This situation ended in December, with a 33.5% decline in prices in relation to August.
EXPORTS OF REFRIGERATED AND FROZEN MEAT
Last year, exports in this area reached 92,800 tons; 1.2% below the shipments made between January and December 2021. These shipments generated a turnover of US$ 846.9 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. The main destinations in December 2022 were EuropaChile e Israel.
In boneless frozen meat, last year’s exports were 473,300 tons, 19.4% more in the year-on-year comparison. Foreign currency income was US$ 2,416 million, 36% higher. The largest sales were made to China, the United States and Israel.
