Argentina Beef

Facts about beef in Argentina

• Argentina has the world’s second highest consumption of beef.
• The country has yearly consumption at 55 kg per person
• The IPCVA is developing the first beef consumption map in Argentina. Through complete research of the domestic market- an “X-Ray” of the beef consumption in the whole country will be set up and used for marketing and promotion purposes
• The high consumption per capita[1] shows that beef is profoundly integrated into traditional Argentine cuisine
• Beef consumption in this red-meat colossus has decreased so much over the decades that the nation recently fell from its perch as the world’s top per capita consumer of beef- a title Argentine ranchers are fighting to regain from their tiny neighbor Uruguay