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China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef as imports hit quota
The surcharge lifts total duty to 67% and cuts off Brazilian shipments after exporters used all 1.106 million tonnes of their 2026 allowance.
- On Wednesday, China's Commerce Ministry announced an additional 55% tariff on beef imports from Brazil, effective October 1, after Brazil reached its 1.1 million metric ton annual quota.
- Chinese Communist Party officials introduced the tariff-rate quota mechanism in January to protect domestic cattle producers. The system applies to major suppliers including Brazil, Australia, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, and New Zealand.
- This additional 55% tariff raises total duty on Brazilian beef shipments to 67 percent. Beijing has rejected Brazil's repeated lobbying to relax quotas, including requests to use unused export volumes from Uruguay.
- Brazil's total beef exports are projected to fall by about 10 percent in 2026, according to the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association, amid China's safeguard tariffs and European Union restrictions.
- Market participants are monitoring whether Beijing renews safeguard measures for 2027 by year-end. Global Commodity Insights reported China has set Brazil's allocation at 1.13 million tons for 2027 and 1.15 million tons for 2028.
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After Australia, Brazil, in turn, reached its annual beef export quota on the Chinese market. As a result, Brazilian meat is now overtaxed. China had imposed the measure at the beginning of the year to protect its production chain.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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According to a warning issued by the ministry, imports of Brazilian beef reached, on September 29, 100% of the volume allocated to Brazil as part of the protection measures of the sector announced in 2025.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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