Argentina-Cruise Ships boost for beef industry.

ARGENTINA.

CRUISE SHIPS BOOST BEEF INDUSTRY.

Cruise ships starting this summer, are expected to bring 3 million visitors to Argentina and a similar number the Chile.

The Falklands/Malvinas are expecting over 70,000 cruise ship visitors this year.

The cruise vessels stock up in Buenos Aires, for, beef, fresh vegetables and fruit, which has become a multi million dollar industry in the last five years.

The beef has to be aged for 14 days in carcass form, then cut trimmed and vacuum packed, for this very high quality market.

The cruise liners have been so impressed with the Argentine beef product, that regular shipments now go each week in containers to Hamburg, to service their other shipping routes.