RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Paraguay’s National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) closed the year 2021 with an all-time record of beef exports, with more than 326,700 tons distributed to 47 destinations worldwide.
The report of the official veterinary service also refers that, during the 12 months of 2021, beef exports registered total shipments of 326,698,464 kilos of the product, for a value of US$1.6 billion.
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In 2020, 271,000 tons were exported, in 2019 247,000, with shipments of 258,000 tons in 2017 and 259,000 kilos of meat in 2019.
The report also details that 2.179 million head of cattle were slaughtered, with March being the peak month for slaughtering, reaching 230,196 units between steers, bulls, cows and heifers.
The total number of markets to which the more than 326,700 tons produced were exported was 47, the first five markets being mainly Chile, Russia, Brazil, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Israel and Uruguay.
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