Next year, the USDA anticipated, the beef trade in the world will fall by 100,000 tons

For the following year, the international trade of bovine meat could rise to 12.1 million tons, a volume that would be less than 12.2 mt. forecast for the close of 2022. According to the projections of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), this scenario would be due to a lower demand in China, where 2.8 mt would be destined, a lower figure in interannual terms by 9.2%. This would be the first recorded drop in purchases of beef from the Asian country in the last five years, a period in which it went from 1.2 mt. (2018), up to 3.1 m. (forecast for 2022). US exports would fall by at least 14% next year, Brazil would take advantage of this scenario to continue as a leader in the field of trade This would mainly affect US exports, with a considerable drop of 14% compared to what was forecast for this year, with which 1.6 mt will be positioned abroad. In contrast, the Brazilian meat industry would take advantage of a lower participation of this and other countries in the ...