The Beef exports You are about to close one of them best income years of the last 15although recent months have seen a decline in international prices, impacting the industry’s margins.
As reported by the Consortium of Meat Exporters (ABC)They embarked in November 64,500 tons Product weight per $365.6 millionwhich represented a decline of 5.4% in volume and 7.9% in value compared to October.
However, the year-on-year decline in tonnes was 4.9% and in revenue even 4.9% 36.6% higher.
This led to the country exporting overall 654,800 tons for $3,531.3 million7.9% less in terms of volume but 27.7% above the value recorded in the same period of 2024.
However, if you take into account the total exports of chilled and frozen beef over the last 12 months (December 24th to November 25th), they reach the 713,800 tons Product weight per $3,795 million“, explained the president of ABC, Mario Ravettino.
This jump is explained by the Increase in international prices year-on-year. According to the Chamber of Commerce, the average value paid for Argentine meat was in November $5,670 per tonwhich is 43.6% higher than the $3,949 in the same month last year.
Now a situation has arisen: This value has worsened in recent months. In fact, prices have dropped several times over the last month 2.7% compared to Octoberwhich, together with the constant increase in the value of real estate at the local level, caused the industry’s profit margins to narrow, causing some plants to cease work prematurely.
In addition, these prices are still They are below the values of 2022: “Recent years have seen a sustained downward trend in prices in key destinations from May 2022, which has been partially reversed since the middle of the second quarter of 2025; and the average price of US$5,670 per tonne achieved in the month of November is around US$630 per tonne below the peaks recorded in April 2022,” ABC noted.
Aside from improving shipments to other destinations throughout the year, this is the truth China remains the main buyer of Argentine meat.
Last month they made their way to the Asian giant 17,600 tons of bone-in meat and beef bones Decoating product valued at approximately $37.3 million 28,400 tons of boneless beef, worth $149.2 million.
“China represented the 71.4% the quantities exported in November 2025; and the 70.1% of the amount accumulated in the first eleven months of the year. The average selling price of boneless meat to China was around $5,250 per ton in November 2025, still a significant decrease compared to the peak price of $5,900 in May 2022,” the ABC paper said.
On the other hand, there was a visible decrease of almost 14.4% in shipments of chilled boneless meat compared to the previous month Europe. “The volumes shipped to Europe have significantly decreased compared to the 6,500 tons shipped in October, reaching almost 5,500 tons in the last month of November,” the company explained.
Likewise shipments of certified meat KosherThe quantity destined for Israel decreased significantly compared to previous months due to the completion of the last harvest in the first days of October: in November 2025, 1,300 tons of chilled meat were shipped at an average value of US$ 10,087 per ton and 1,200 tons of frozen meat at an average value of US$ 9,287.
About The Author
