Although beef shipments to China had rebounded in March to reach the highest volume since November 2025, they fell sharply in April: exports totaled 14,750 tons of frozen boneless beef and 11,737 tons of frozen bone-in beef. In the former case, it was the lowest level since April 2018, with the highest average value in the entire series at US$ 5,940/t.
Although China remains by far the leading destination for Argentine beef, its share continued to shrink: it represented 57.4% of export volumes in April and 60.7% in the first four months of the year, increasingly far from the 80% share it once held in Argentina’s beef exports.
