Argentina, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of beef, suffered a 7% drop in the volume of its beef shipments in the first quarter, largely due to a slowdown in demand from China, its main buyer.
According to data from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meat and Derivatives (Ciccra) of the South American country, in the first four months of the year, Argentina exported 184,600 tons of beef, with a year-on-year decrease of 7%.
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