Paraguay: Meat shipments exceed US$1.5 billion in the first half of the year
With a 12.7 percent increase in volume compared to the previous month, chilled and frozen beef exports totaled 61,500 tons of product weight in June, valued at $320.5 million. Compared to May, the value obtained also increased by 7.2 percent, according to data released by the ABC Consortium, which represents exporting meatpacking companies.
Mario Ravettino, president of the consortium, explained that compared to June 2024, export volumes were 4.6% higher, while the value obtained reached a significant recovery of 45.7 percent.
The cumulative total for the first six months of the year reveals that foreign sales of refrigerated and frozen beef totaled approximately 312,600 tons of product weight, valued at $1.5879 billion.
Compared to the first six months of 2024, export volumes were 16.4% lower, but the value obtained was 11.6% higher.
The average export price in June reached US$5,213 per ton, 4.8% lower than in May. However, it was 39.4% above the June 2024 average of US$3,741 per ton.
The People's Republic of China continued to be the main export destination, both for the month of June and for the first six months of the year. In the last month, 16,300 tons of bone-in beef and bone-in beef from deboning were shipped to China, valued at $32.8 million, and approximately 31,100 tons of boneless beef, valued at $152.5 million. The average sales price of boneless beef to China in June 2025 was around $4,900 per ton, marking a clear downward path from the peak of $5,900 reached in May 2022.
Exports of beef offal and preparations totaled 9,200 tons in June, valued at $19.4 million. In the first six months of the year, sales of beef offal and preparations climbed to 57,600 tons, valued at $103.2 million.
According to Ravettino, the cumulative figures for the last twelve months of activity, from July 2024 to June 2025, show total exports of refrigerated and frozen beef totaling 708,500 tons of product weight and a value close to $3.194 billion.
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