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Mexico ranks seventh largest among animal protein producers worldwide

Mexico is the seventh largest animal protein producer in the world, with a cumulative production of 9.3 million tons of beef, pork, poultry and eggs.

Posted on Sep 25 ,13:48

Mexico ranks seventh largest among animal protein producers worldwide

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (Sagarpa) from Mexico said in a statement that the country produced 2.8 million tons of eggs, 3.2 million tons of poultry meat, 1.9 million tons of beef and 1.4 million tons of pork per year, as reported by the State News Agency.

The Mexican ministry added that thanks to the public policy actions and promotion programs, Mexico is now the eleventh agro-food producer and tenth agro-food exporter in the world.

In addition, Mexican officials said the livestock activities in the country occupy 109.8 million hectares and reached a production of 6.7 million tonnes per year of poultry meat, beef, pork, goat and sheep meat, with an export value of 3,547 million dollars to the year.

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