Brazilian meat exporting refrigerators received a setback and are going through tense days. It turns out that the decision of the Chinese Customs (GACC) to reject the request not to count in the export quota of meat assigned that which was already in transit before January 1 of this year, the moment when the safeguard came into effect, was finally known. At the end of 2025, the Asian giant imposed a limit on the import of meat from other countries, as a way to avoid greater harm to local cattle farming. While Argentina breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving a quota of 511 thousand tons, a figure just above the 499,693 tons sent to that destination, Brazil was notified that it will have to reduce its shipments during 2026, having received a quota of 1.106 million tons, far below the 1.46 million it sent in the last 12 months.