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Brazil is heading towards another historic milestone in beef protein exports while domestic demand continues to correspond

The historic drop in domestic meat consumption, the collapse of exports, and, more recently, the entry of imported meat from Brazil are generating a critical scenario that has already produced massive layoffs and plant shutdowns. One of the latest blows was received by Anselmo meatpacking plant, an emblematic establishment in Tres Arroyos, which has just laid off 26 workers. This episode adds to the closures and layoffs at meatpacking plants like Las Heras and Natural Beef in Azul, affected by the same perfect storm shaking the sector. "Meat consumption has been falling for fifteen consecutive months, and exporting meatpackers, unable to place their production abroad, are pouring their supply into the domestic market, breaking the competitiveness of the smaller ones," explained Néstor García, general secretary of the Meat Workers Union of Tres Arroyos. "For the city, it is a catastrophe," he added. Since January 2025, the situation has drastically worsened: the Anselmo meatpacking ...

The average prices for beef exported by Brazil in May were US$ 5,200 per ton, representing an annual increase of 15.5%, compared to the value in May 2024, which stood at US$ 4,503 per ton, and the highest since the end of 2022.