Colombia Beef

Facts about beef in Colombia

• In 2010 Colombia imported 8-000 ton of pork- this year is expected a volume of +32-000 ton (increasing of 18% year to year).
• Meat consumption in Colombia is going up as well. From a seasonal- less of 3 kg (6.6 lbs.) Per-capita/year consumption- this country of around 50 million people has jumped to 6 kg (13.2 lbs.) Per-capita/year.
• Cost of production continues to be a great challenge but lately it has been alleviated a little bit by lower feed prices.
• Colombia has 33.9 per capita in 2002 and increased to 43.6 per capita by 2012.
• In Latin America- Colombia is positioned as the fourth largest producer of beef cattle after Brazil- Argentina and Mexico. In 2008- beef production in our country reached a total of 911-000 equivalent carcass tons