en.Wedoany.com Reported - Brazil's annual beef export quota to China is nearly 80% utilized. A report released by Agrifatto Consulting on June 22 estimates that approximately 78% of the 1.106 million tons allocated to Brazil in the first year of the safeguard measures has been filled. To avoid additional tariffs on excess shipments, Brazilian slaughterhouses are controlling the pace of shipments. Currently, the in-quota import tariff rate is 12%, while shipments exceeding the quota will incur an additional 55% surcharge, significantly undermining their competitiveness.

The report notes that from January to May this year, Brazil's average monthly beef exports to China totaled approximately 122,800 tons. At this pace, the quota is projected to be fully exhausted by mid-July. Last year, Brazil exported 1.64 million tons of beef to China, accounting for 45.4% of its total exports. As of 2025, Brazil holds a 52% share of China's total beef imports, and in November of the same year, it reached a historical monthly high of 61%.

Among other supplying countries, Australia has already exhausted its annual quota of 205,000 tons. The Agrifatto report shows that neighboring South American countries have received quotas exceeding their past export volumes: Argentina's 2025 exports to China were 471,890 tons, while its 2026 quota is 511,000 tons; Uruguay shipped 216,140 tons to China in 2025 and received a quota of 324,000 tons.

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