Chinese Beef Imports: Market Situation and Current Trends

Chinese Beef Imports: Market Situation and Current Trends

The Chinese market, as is known, presented in recent months a complicated situation, with a very strong drop in the values ​​paid by importers and a significant volume of meat accumulated in chambers and warehouses. Despite all this, during June the Asian giant imported 234 thousand tons of beef1.7% more than in the same month … Read more

Argentina’s Beef Exports Surge in First Half of 2023 Despite Price Sacrifice

Argentina’s Beef Exports Surge in First Half of 2023 Despite Price Sacrifice

The data corresponds to the first semester of 2023. The achievement was not free, since the country gave in the price to maintain its position in the international market. In a challenging regional context, Argentina managed to stand out as the only Mercosur country that experienced an increase in its beef exports during the first … Read more

The Impact of the ‘Corn Dollar’ on the Price of Standing Farms and Consumer Prices

The Impact of the ‘Corn Dollar’ on the Price of Standing Farms and Consumer Prices

The price of standing farms increased after the implementation of the “corn dollar” and could be transferred to the consumer as of this week. According to the different private surveys of the sector, the implementation of the so-called “corn dollar”, added to the seasonal component, will allow a certain recomposition in the values ​​of beef … Read more

China’s Beef Market: High Slaughter and Decreasing Demand

China’s Beef Market: High Slaughter and Decreasing Demand

This is China, which represents 70% of total exports. Shipments to slaughter (DTE, Senasa) for the month of June 2023 ttotaled 1.31 million heads, 12% more than in June last year, resulting in the second highest record in the last twenty years for this month. Regarding the slaughter of cows, some 309 thousand animals, it … Read more

Argentina’s Dependence on China for Beef Exports: Saturation and Depressed Prices

Argentina’s Dependence on China for Beef Exports: Saturation and Depressed Prices

China’s Saturated Beef Market Puts Pressure on South American Exporters In South America, Argentina is the country that depends the most on the Asian giant in terms of beef exports. However, this market is now saturated and prices are depressed. China has become both a solution and a problem in the agricultural commodities business. As … Read more

Certifying the Sustainability of Argentine Meat: Environmental Product Declaration and Measurement

The Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Beef (IPCVA) has announced a groundbreaking agreement with the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) to implement an “environmental product declaration” that certifies the sustainability of Argentine meat. This initiative, presented at a technical conference in Córdoba, aims to not … Read more

“Argentina becomes major world beef supplier to China, with exports predicted to continue growing”

“Argentina becomes major world beef supplier to China, with exports predicted to continue growing”

75% of Argentine beef exports currently go to China, that does not stop demanding protein as the eating habits of the population change, reported the Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Beef (IPCVA). Fifteen years ago almost no Argentine exporter thought about the Orient, much less about the People’s Republic of China. The first steps … Read more

Record High Bovine Cattle Slaughter in Argentina in March 2023

Record High Bovine Cattle Slaughter in Argentina in March 2023

In March 1,290 million heads were slaughtered of bovine cattle in Argentina, with an average weight of 226.8 kilos per animal. This represents an increase of 22.7 percent compared to the previous month and 12.5% ​​more compared to March 2022. According to Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meats of the Argentine Republic (CICCRA), adjusted … Read more