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Brazil agribusiness 2026 – trade surge & disputes

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In July 2026 Brazil’s agribusiness faced heightened intensified regulatory scrutiny. and market pressures. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) rejected claims that Brazil had asked the EU for sought an EU exemption to the bloc’s new antimicrobial‑use rules for animal production. The antimicrobial rules, while the EU is set moved to remove delist Brazil from its authorised authorized list of animal‑origin exporters, a move that could jeopardise roughly risking US$1.8 billion of in annual exports, while trade. Brazil awaits a technical response to its submitted documentation. At the same time, Mapa clarified that the widely reported 55 % surcharge on Chinese beef imports is a standard safeguard applied applies only when a country exceeds quota is exceeded; its quota; Brazil’s current quota of 1.106 million t remains under the limit, so the usual standard 12 % duty persists. continues. Parallelly, Brazil and Chile agreed to launch launched an electronic certification system for animal‑origin products, aiming to digitise export documents, improve phytosanitary cooperation products and recognise recognised Acre and Rondônia as foot‑and‑mouth‑disease‑free. FMD‑free. Negotiations are also under way aim to expand Brazil’s beef quota to China, with about 80 % of the existing quota already used. On 15 July the government issued Provisional Measure No. 1.376, creating A provisional measure created special credit lines for producers who suffered at least two hit by harvest losses between 2019‑2025. Loans range from R$400 000 to R$8 million, with fixed interest rates of 6 % (Pronaf), 9 % (Pronamp) or 12 % (other categories) losses, and repayment terms up to eight years, providing a new tool for rural debt restructuring. Later in July Brazil signed a sanitary protocol with China that opens opened the market for bovine gallstones, a high‑value by‑product used in traditional gallstones to Chinese medicine. The agreement could channel Brazil’s roughly 2 tonnes buyers. New developments in late July show China’s Ministry of annual production—valued Commerce imposing a 55 % safeguard tax on any country exceeding its beef import quota for 2026‑2029; Brazil, already at about R$1.23 roughly 80 % of its quota, could face the tax if shipments top 1.1 million per kilogram—directly t. The EU’s removal from the approved exporter list is projected to Chinese buyers, further diversifying cut Brazilian beef export revenues. revenues by up to US$504 million this year. Domestic “boi gordo” prices stayed near R$344 per arroba, while export volumes averaged 10.8 kt per day, below the previous year. Negotiations for market access in South Korea are underway. Domestic market pressure intensified as surplus beef, redirected from quota‑excess shipments, led to modest price declines in premium cuts such as picanha and alcatra in June 2026. Analysts cite the combined effect of higher domestic supply and broader trade protectionism, including US‑related tensions, in sustaining the downward price trend.

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