The accumulated data for the year 2022 reveals that foreign sales of refrigerated and frozen beef were close to 632 thousand tons of product weight, for a value of approximately 3,454 million dollars. In relation to the year 2021, the volumes exported are +10.9% higher, while the value obtained has been +24.0% higher.
The average export price of refrigerated and frozen beef was US$3,926 per ton in December 2022. This value is -6.3% lower than that obtained in last November and -29.6% lower than the average price of December 2021, which had been US$5,579 per ton.
In the last eight months, there has been a persistent downward trend in prices in the main destinations from May onwards and the average US$3,926 per ton obtained in the month of December is US$2,375 per ton below the maximum registered in the month of April.
China represented 80.3% of the volumes exported in December 2022 and 77.6% of the accumulated figure for the year. The average price of boneless meat sales to China in December 2022 was around US$3,676 per ton, marking a clear downward path from the maximum of US$5,900 obtained last May.
Source: EuroMeatNews
The average export price of refrigerated and frozen beef was US$3,926 per ton in December 2022. This value is -6.3% lower than that obtained in last November and -29.6% lower than the average price of December 2021, which had been US$5,579 per ton.
In the last eight months, there has been a persistent downward trend in prices in the main destinations from May onwards and the average US$3,926 per ton obtained in the month of December is US$2,375 per ton below the maximum registered in the month of April.
China represented 80.3% of the volumes exported in December 2022 and 77.6% of the accumulated figure for the year. The average price of boneless meat sales to China in December 2022 was around US$3,676 per ton, marking a clear downward path from the maximum of US$5,900 obtained last May.
Source: EuroMeatNews