The bone-in roast imported from Brazil entered Uruguayan butcher shops four days ago and “it was finished right away”said to The Observer Alfonso Fontenla, president of the Union of Meat Vendors (UVC).
The demand was fluidcustomers made many inquiries and showed a lot of interest, mainly because of the price, the butcher said. This roast can be found between $280 and $310 per kilodepending on the butcher shop where you buy it.
“People ask for it a lot,” he said, because it’s almost $100 apart from a similar cut but of Uruguayan production, which is sold between $380 and $400 per kilo.
“There was little departure per butcher, because the first import was 24 tons, that’s why it left right away,” said Fontenla, who assured that now the merchants are waiting for the next deliveries by the importers; they will be done weekly.
Diego Battiste
The roast was in high demand in its early days on the market.
The first company to import this roast was Abasto Santa Clara, which presented the first cuts of this meat at a launch event at its industrial plant. Over there Several people, including the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Fernando Mattos, were able to taste the meat before it reached the market.
The first cargo that arrived in the country came from Rondonia, a town located in northern Brazil, a productive area that has a higher health status than Uruguay, since it is free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination.
As reported to The Observer the director of Abasto Santa Clara, Jorge López, the company scheduled shipments of meat until the end of September. As the days go by and taking into account how demand moves, they will see if purchases increase or decrease.
Diego Battiste
New deliveries of imported meat are expected.
