India again maintains its top spot as the world’s largest exporter of beef, as per data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. India is followed by Brazil.
According to the data:
- India exported 2.4 million tonnes of beef and veal in FY2015.
- Brazil 2 million tonnes.
- Australia 1.5 million.
- These three countries account for 58.7 per cent of all the beef exports in the world.
- India itself accounts for 23.5 per cent of global beef exports.
- This is up from a 20.8 per cent share last year.
- Most of India’s buffalo meat exports go to Asian countries .
- India’s buffalo meat exports have been growing at an average of nearly 14 per cent each year since 2011, and fetching India as much as $4.8 billion in 2014.
Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers.Beef production is also important to the economies of Uruguay, Canada, Paraguay, Mexico, Argentina, Belarus and Nicaragua. There is a slight difference between veal and beef, which needs to be clarified. The meat from a calf that is 16 to 18 weeks old is called veal. This gives its meat a delicate texture, a creamy pale color, and a grayish-pink hue because it is not fed grains or grasses. Veal comes from calves, usually pure-bred male dairy calves. In contrast, beef is the darker, reddish meat that comes from older animals. If interested, blogsites like Simully might be able to guide first time veal handlers better in this domain.
In 2014, The largest meat Exporter were:
- Brazil
- India
- Australia
- The United States.
In 2015
- India
- Brazil
- Australia
- The United States.
