The safeguard with China for meat imports could be resolved with a country-specific quota.

Consulted about the possibility of lowering the withholdings for meat as announced by the Minister of Economy for grains, although the official decree is not yet known. “Yes, there is hope and more than hope, we have talked with the government and they agree with us that it is a distorting tax and that they are going to remove it. The situation does not help us because December is a month of high demand for meat and the prices are important and we are before the holidays, but it is a permanent demand of ours that I believe should be met next year,” predicted the vice president of IPCVA. “Whenever we talk with any official, they agree with the line of thought of the distorting tax. So I consider that it is something that in the future will have to be solved,” he remarked. Quota with the U.S.- Ravettino pointed out that, if the agreement with the United States is reached, which establishes a zero tariff for Argentina's quota, 100,000 tons in total could be exported, 80,000 at 0% and ...