Brazil beef exports set for first monthly drop since January 2025 China quota exhaustion drives 10% decline in July volumes21 July 2026 21 July 2026 1 minute read 1 minute read By: By: Global Ag Media South America AsiaBrazilian exports of fresh beef are on track to register their first year-on-year monthly decline since January 2025 in July, Reuters reported, citing government data on Monday. The potential monthly drop in exports from Brazil, the world's largest beef producer and exporter, comes as a lower-tariff quota to its main market China was met by the end of June, according to a local industry group. Brazilian monthly beef exports totalled an average daily volume of 10,799 metric tons through the third week of July, down 10.3% from the whole month of July last year. If the pace is kept, Brazil's beef exports in July would reach around 248,000 tons, compared to some 276,900 tons seen in the same month of 2025. Faced with barriers to exporting to China, Brazilian beef companies have reduced output and given employees collective leave, local beef lobby Abiec has said.