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The trade pact between Argentina and the United States boosts the quota for beef exports, but raises concerns in the poultry industry, especially in Entre Ríos.

The refrigeration sector celebrated a historic record in beef exports in 2025. However, the new national scenario, with deregulation driven by the national government, coexists with the uncertainty generated by the restrictions imposed by China. The freedom they were clamoring for, they now want to be transformed into regulation. Meat exporters in Argentina are going through a time of contrasts. On the one hand, they celebrate a historic record in 2025, but on the other, they face a complex national scenario in 2026 that threatens to alter the dynamics of the entire cattle chain. The national government indicated that in 2025 Argentina achieved a record in beef export earnings in foreign currency, with sales of 3.7 million dollars and an increase of 22.3 percent compared to the previous year. In addition, 853,183 bone-in equivalent cattle tons were sent, in a context where international prices rose by more than 30 percent. Of the total exported, about 500 thousand tons were ...

Despite good international prices, beef exports will fall this year compared to the record of 2024. According to the ABC Exporters Consortium, which groups the main exporting firms, sales abroad were 64,500 tons of product weight last month. “Compared to November 2024, the exported volumes are 4.9% lower; while the value obtained has been 36.6% higher,” it stated. Meanwhile, in the accumulated total for the first eleven months of the year 2025, shipments “were close to 654.8 thousand tons of product weight; for a value of approximately 3,531.3 million dollars. Compared to the first eleven months of 2024, the exported volumes are 7.9% lower; while the value obtained has been 27.7% higher,” said Mario Ravettino, president of the ABC Consortium. The numbers reflect higher international prices, which is why the billing is growing. However, this could not be taken advantage of due to the low supply of cattle, which forced the industries to pay high prices for cattle, which is reducing ...