# Argentina gets green light to export 80,000 tons of beef into US | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Argentina will receive a duty-free beef quota of 80,000 metric tons into the US, allocated in four quarterly tranches starting February 13. The move follows a US-Argentina trade deal and cites record US ground beef prices.

- Date: 2026-02-06 · published 2026-02-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20542-argentina-gets-green-light-to-export-80-000-tons-of-beef-into-us-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Additional lean trimmings imports ease US grinding beef supply, which may cap beef prices and modestly weigh on US cattle values.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-06-08 | [Setbacks in US beef exports to China dampen August live cattle futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29892-setbacks-in-us-beef-exports-to-china-dampen-august-live-cattle-futures.md) | +1.3% | +2.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-21 | [Why cattlemen say Trump talk of Argentine beef imports is no solution](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22364-why-cattlemen-say-trump-talk-of-argentine-beef-imports-is-no-solution.md) | -3.1% | -7.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-21 | [Trump plan to import Argentine beef angers US farmers - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22369-trump-plan-to-import-argentine-beef-angers-us-farmers-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -3.1% | -7.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-24 | [Trump wants to import beef from Argentina. Republicans and ag groups say, what about America? \| HPPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22365-trump-wants-to-import-beef-from-argentina-republicans-and-ag-groups-say-what.md) | -1.3% | -8.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Grains Rally as Trump Touts China Deal: Cattle Try to Recover as U.S. to Buy Argentina Beef - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5434-grains-rally-as-trump-touts-china-deal-cattle-try-to-recover-as-u-s-to-buy.md) | -2.0% | -7.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-21 | [Why cattlemen say Trump talk of Argentine beef imports is no solution](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22364-why-cattlemen-say-trump-talk-of-argentine-beef-imports-is-no-solution.md) | -7.4% | -8.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-21 | [Trump plan to import Argentine beef angers US farmers - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22369-trump-plan-to-import-argentine-beef-angers-us-farmers-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -7.4% | -8.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-09-10 | [U.S. beef exports lower as cattle prices turn negative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28245-u-s-beef-exports-lower-as-cattle-prices-turn-negative.md) | +1.5% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/24180-argentina-gets-green-light-to-export-80-000-tons-of-beef-into-us

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