"Between 300 and 400 dollars are lost per tonne of beef that is exported," warned Maximiliano Morello, CEO of the company.

The livestock numbers are enviable. But in stark contrast, the export meat industry closes the year with red numbers, just as it started. In the first quarter of 2025, the lack of competitiveness caused exports to fall 20% year-over-year. As the months passed, profitability was recovered, but in the last months of the year, the drop in meat values, the increase in operating costs, and above all, the sharp increase in the value of livestock generate heavy losses. Maximiliano Morello, CEO of the Forres Beltrán slaughterhouse, analyzed in a document from FIFRA, the Federation of Regional Slaughterhouses, what is happening with beef exports: “We have been operating at a loss for 5 months, that situation cannot be sustained for much longer,” he indicated. The export of beef is going through one of the most complex moments in recent years. Morello acknowledged that the industry is working with sustained losses in its main markets. “Money is being lost with the European Union and China,” ...