US, EUROPE AND CHINA KEY FOR PARAGUAY TO BECOME WORLD’S 5TH BEEF EXPORTER

Tiny Paraguay is now the world’s eighth top beef exporter says US government figures, ahead of meaty superpowers such as Argentina (11th), but their aim is to be number five by 2020 and have 20 million head of cattle available in that year alone. In an interview with globalmeatnews.com, the vice-president of Paraguayan Rural Association (ARP), Carlos Pereira, said that the South American country will improve sanitation to reach that goal and finally sell to jurisdictions that still block its exports: the US, Europe, China and Hong Kong. Figures from the US ...


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