Buenos Aires, November 20 (NA) – While awaiting greater openness from the United States, according to a report from the Meat Exporters Consortium (ABC), shipments fell 4.5% in October, but revenues reached USD 386.5 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 38.3%. According to the Argentine News Agency, 66,600 tons of meat product were exported in October. In this way, less is being shipped than last year, but in value terms, the figures are well above those recorded for all of 2024. This phenomenon is due to the improvement in the international price paid for Argentine meat worldwide. The average price for October stood at USD 5,806 per ton, 0.6% above September and 44.8% higher than the same month last year, when it averaged USD 4,011. Although shipments fell 8.5% in the first ten months of the year, totaling 588,800 tons, revenues climbed 26.3% to USD 3,155.1 million. 'In recent years, a persistent downward trend in prices in main destinations has been observed since May 2022, which has partially reversed since the second quarter of 2025; and the USD 5,806 per ton average obtained in October are around USD 495 per ton below the highs recorded in April 2022,' the entity stated. Compared to September, exports closed with a negative sign, with some significant figures: both in value and volume, it retreated by 7.4%, according to ABC. As for destinations, China continues to be the big buyer of Argentine meat. In October, approximately 17,000 tons of bone-in meat and bovine bones from deboning were shipped to the Asian giant, worth USD 35.7 million, and about 31,400 tons of boneless beef, worth USD 163.9 million. China represented 72.8% of the volumes exported in October 2025; and 70.0% of the accumulated total in the first ten months of the year. The average price of boneless meat sales to the Asian country in October 2025 was around USD 5,220 per ton.
