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Abattoirs reduce slaughter and meat packers cut jobs

07/04/2008

The Brazilian government is claiming that industrial production across the economy has gone up without a rise in unemployment, but with an increase in average wages. However, the country's meat packers say they are 40% idle.There is a shortage of cattle because the price of livestock is high and Brazil has experienced a drop in beef exports. The ...

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