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Article: Argentina: Chicken processing companies expand production capacity.
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- South American Business Information
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- October 4, 2004
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Argentina, Oct 04, 2004 (El Clarin/SABI via COMTEX)
Roberto Domenech, of CEPA, the Argentinean association of poultry processing companies, has said that the industry will invest a total of Pesos$150mil in expanding its installed processing capacity in 2004. The industry, which almost disappeared in the 1990's amid the invasion of Brazilian imports, now feels that the country can have a leading role in the global poultry market. Argentinean poultry exports increased by 73% to US$53mil in the first eight months of 2004. According to Domenech, Argentina's ...