:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/grupoclarin/J6PNTNBVUZCU7P4HLS2JSIYLLU.jpg "More or less than inflation? How much meat increased in December")
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) that was known days ago corresponding to the month of December stated that in the last month of the year meat had an increase of 40.9% compared to November, while the interannual increase climbed to 307%. ,3%.
Without a doubt, it was a huge jump that far exceeded the inflation number of 25.5% and closed 2023 at 211.4%, one of the highest values in three decades.
In cuts of meat and derivatives, the most important increases were in rump (42%), buttock (40%) and hamburgers (36%).
If the different categories of livestock are compared, steer meat rose by 38%, steer meat by 40.3%, and heifer and veal meat by 46.4% compared to the month of November.
Inflation in the prices of other meats
Fresh chicken rose 21.7% in December, while the year-on-year variation was 239.6%.
Meanwhile, the pork breast had increases of 39% compared to November and 254.5% if measured with respect to December 2022.
Meat consumption in Argentina
According to the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meat and Derivatives of the Argentine Republic, the per capita consumption of beef in 2023 was 52.9 kilos per inhabitant in the year, which would imply a growth of 3.6% annually, an increase of 1.8 kilos more than in 2022.
Likewise, an improvement of 4.4% was recorded compared to the average achieved in 2019 (+2.2 kg/inhabitant/year).