BUENOS AIRES — Argentina, one of the world’s biggest beef exporters, has suspended foreign sales of the meat for 30 days to combat price increases at home, the government said Monday.
Argentines ate 38 kilograms (84 pounds) of beef and veal per head in 2019, according to figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — about 12 kilograms per head more than the second-placed United States.
But they also face one of the most elevated consumer price indexes in the world. Inflation hit 4.1 percent in April, according to state statistics agency Indec, and the cost of living has increased 46.3 percent in the last 12 months.
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