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For: Real America News Updated 27 Jan 2022, 9: 38 am EST
For months, the high demand for meat in the United States has led to this product being scarce, in various latitudes of the country, a situation that has triggered production costs to rise and have a direct impact on consumption.
In addition, the Covid pandemic has affected American meat producers and therefore various retail chains have had to seek solutions to guarantee the supply of meat. this product so demanded in the country.
The solution that has been found is to import the product from Mexico, especially beef, highlights Reforma in a report.
Figures from the Agricultural Markets Consulting Group (GCMA) and the Mexican Association of Meat Producers (AMEG) reveal that so far this 2022, the Mexicans tied up 25% of the total beef purchase market with the United States, in 2022 this percentage was 19%.
According to the AMEG, the data indicates that Mexico is about to displace Canada from first place as an exporter of this type of meat to the United States. In addition, Mexican ranchers had narrowed the difference in volume of shipments that existed with their Canadian competitors.
In 2015, at that time Mexico had exported 9,334 tons, led by fine cuts, and Canada 13,889 tons, this represents 48.9% more.
In contrast, this year, Mexicans raised 15,740 tons your shipments and Canadians to 16, 740 tons, leaving the gap at 7.9%.
Reforma highlighted that last week Mexican producers exported to the United States 6,169 tons of beef, 1,119 more s that a week before, that is, 22% more.
Héctor Garza Garza, president of the AMEG, told the media outlet that the growth derives from the high level of infections at Ómicron in the personnel of cattle slaughter and meat packing plants in the United States.
For his part, Juan Carlos Anaya, director of GCMA, explained that the recognition of fine cuts of Mexican beef is another cause of the greater demand it is experiencing in the United States.
For several months, Americans have had have to deal with rising meat costs, but also with a shortage of the product.
This situation has had an impact on President Joe Biden , at the beginning of January, gave the order to support US producers so that supply is guaranteed and there are no excessive increases.
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