URUGUAY BEEF SECTOR HAILS ITS CHINESE EXPORT SUCCESS

The executive director of Uruguay's intensive cattle producers' association, AUPCIN, has said that he expects the rapid growth in sales of Uruguayan beef to China to continue over the next few years, due to a number of significant competitive advantages and an aggressive promotional strategy.Sales of Uruguayan beef to China in the first eight months of 2013 leapt 83.4% on the same period last year to an FOB value of USD175 million, according to figures released recently by Uruguay's national meat institute INAC, which said that China is now the biggest market for ...


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