# US allows beef imports from Paraguay despite pushback from ranchers | Agriculture Dive

> The US will allow beef imports from Paraguay for the first time in 25 years, with the ruling effective December 14. Ranchers and lawmakers have criticized the move over foot-and-mouth disease risk, and a Senate bill would pause imports.

- Date: 2023-12-19 · published 2023-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32620-us-allows-beef-imports-from-paraguay-despite-pushback-from-ranchers-agriculture
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Added beef supply into a tight US market could cap domestic cattle and beef price gains, though the trade is small and the disease-risk controversy could tighten policy later.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-01 | [Brazilian ranchers strongly oppose the import of live cattle from neighboring Paraguay — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48056-brazilian-ranchers-strongly-oppose-the-import-of-live-cattle-from-neighboring.md) | +2.6% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [President Trump's plans to import beef leave American ranchers concerned : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9553-president-trump-s-plans-to-import-beef-leave-american-ranchers-concerned-npr.md) | -1.3% | -7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-07 | [Australian beef prices could drop 30 per cent if US beef imports resume - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72433-australian-beef-prices-could-drop-30-per-cent-if-us-beef-imports-resume-abc-news.md) | +0.2% | +2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-19 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Importation of Beef From a Region in Argentina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72950-federal-register-importation-of-beef-from-a-region-in-argentina.md) | +1.1% | -1.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-01 | [Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25980-cattle-and-bison-imports-from-mexico-resume-under-new-protocol-usda.md) | -0.8% | -4.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [President Trump's plans to import beef leave American ranchers concerned : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9553-president-trump-s-plans-to-import-beef-leave-american-ranchers-concerned-npr.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-02-07 | [Australian beef prices could drop 30 per cent if US beef imports resume - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72433-australian-beef-prices-could-drop-30-per-cent-if-us-beef-imports-resume-abc-news.md) | -1.4% | +0.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-01 | [Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25980-cattle-and-bison-imports-from-mexico-resume-under-new-protocol-usda.md) | -3.9% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- agriculturedive.com: https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/us-paraguay-beef-imports-agriculture-trade/702952/

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