An Argentine exporter explains how meat is sold to the United States

Published 2025년 10월 23일

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"It's scarce for us," summarized Mariano Grimaldi, commercial manager of the Logros slaughterhouse, one of the more than 40 national plants that ship beef to the United States. In that country, the market for the national protein is very broad, given the demand generated by its quality and prices. Argentina has a quota of 20,000 tons with tariffs of 10%. In addition to that quota, it pays 26.4% which is added to the 10% set in August last year when Donald Trump unleashed the trade war with several countries. The U.S. president indicated that his country could buy more Argentine beef to try to contain domestic prices. The cattle sector hopes for an expansion of the quota. The Logros slaughterhouse exports 400 tons of the 20,000 total tons that Argentina has in the quota each year. These tons are distributed according to the plant and its supply capacity. The businessman said that due to the increase in demand, he has received many more orders for beef from the U.S. "We are ...
Source: Agromeat

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