China replaces Aussie beef

Australian beef exports to China have plunged amid diplomatic tensions in the first eight months of 2021, to half of what they were in the same period last year, while U.S. beef exports have surged

U.S. exports grain-fed beef to China

CHINA 
World’s biggest beef importer
      
Beef imports to China by country (thousand tonnes)

Brazil 		Argentina 
Australia 	Uruguay
New Zealand 	U.S.
Rest of World



U.S. 2.2	U.S. 6.9	9.9	21.5	1,516.0
RoW 17.9	RoW 27.0	1,659.9	2,150.0	85.0
695.2		1,049.5		67.4	107.5	83.0
79.5		110.8		214.4	172.0	140.0
195.9		218.6		285.8	236.5	203.0
115.8		173.1		307.2	258.0	96.0
86.3		180.4		375.6	494.5	328.0
197.6		332.7		399.6	860.0	581.0

2017		2018 		2019 	2020 	2021 (Jan-Aug)


Sources: AHDB, American Farm Bureau Federation, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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