Bovine meat: with China's safeguard, Brazil may stop exporting up to 500 thousand tons

The adoption of safeguard measures by China on the importation of beef is expected to have a significant impact on Brazil, with a marked reduction in the volume exported to the main destination of Brazilian protein. This is the assessment of the managing partner of Scot Consultoria, Alcides Torres, commenting on the decision announced by the Chinese government on Wednesday (31). According to Torres, the market was already expecting the imposition of quotas and tariffs, but the impact on Brazil is significant. Under the new rules, the country, which had been exporting about 1.5 million tons of beef per year to China, will have a quota of just over 1.1 million tons in 2026. "In practice, Brazil should stop exporting nearly 500,000 tons of beef to the Chinese market in 2026. It's a blow, because it was a growing flow," he stated. In the analyst's assessment, Argentina and Uruguay tend to be relatively less affected when considering the size of their herds and the volumes historically ...