External prices of beef rose almost 30% in 2025, but Argentina cannot take advantage of it and exports are falling.

Despite good international prices, beef exports will fall this year compared to the record of 2024. According to the ABC Exporters Consortium, which groups the main exporting firms, sales abroad were 64,500 tons of product weight last month. “Compared to November 2024, the exported volumes are 4.9% lower; while the value obtained has been 36.6% higher,” it stated. Meanwhile, in the accumulated total for the first eleven months of the year 2025, shipments “were close to 654.8 thousand tons of product weight; for a value of approximately 3,531.3 million dollars. Compared to the first eleven months of 2024, the exported volumes are 7.9% lower; while the value obtained has been 27.7% higher,” said Mario Ravettino, president of the ABC Consortium. The numbers reflect higher international prices, which is why the billing is growing. However, this could not be taken advantage of due to the low supply of cattle, which forced the industries to pay high prices for cattle, which is reducing ...