Argentine government policies: impacts on the beef sector

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

Variables	Mean		Standard dev.		Min. value		Max. value
Variables	2003–2006	2006–2014	2003–2006	2006–2014	2003–2006	2006–2014	2003–2006	2006–2014
Producer price (Arg $/kg)^a	7.06	8.11	0.44	1.99	5.98	4.84	7.92	12.13
Beef production (000 of tons /month)^b	245,772	242,299	22,760	32,239	188,481	32,239	280,116	311,260
Per-capita consumption (kg/month)^b	61.78	63.164	3.44	6.68	55.07	51.07	67.65	85.6
Beef exports (tons/month)^b	37,598	27,529	11,724	13,003	19,744	6172	61,771	60,262
Retail domestic price (Arg $/kg)^b	34.6	42.6	2.36	7.43	31.8	31.2	40.4	55.4