# Reviewing the Tariff-Rate Quotas for U.S. Beef Imports | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service published a report reviewing the tariff-rate quotas that govern US beef imports, which mostly consist of lean trimmings. Imports accounted for about 10 percent of US beef supply in 2021 and typically rise when the domestic cattle herd contracts.

- Date: 2022-12-01 · published 2022-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38169-reviewing-the-tariff-rate-quotas-for-u-s-beef-imports-usda-foreign-agricultural
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A review of TRQ allocations could eventually change the flow of lean trimmings into the US, affecting lean beef supply and cattle-related prices, though no change has been made yet.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-01 | [USDA beefs up fed cattle price reporting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73130-usda-beefs-up-fed-cattle-price-reporting.md) | -0.8% | +2.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-08-05 | [Introducing the World’s First Global Producer Price Indices for Beef Cattle and Sheep](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45512-introducing-the-world-s-first-global-producer-price-indices-for-beef-cattle-and.md) | +0.4% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-07-22 | [USDA Releases Report on Boxed Beef and Fed Cattle Price Investigation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52238-usda-releases-report-on-boxed-beef-and-fed-cattle-price-investigation.md) | -0.0% | +6.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-26 | [US Beef Demand Seen Falling in 2023 as Cattle Herd Continues to Shrink – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39088-us-beef-demand-seen-falling-in-2023-as-cattle-herd-continues-to-shrink-the-van.md) | +0.7% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-02 | [USDA reports unusually large US beef export sales, raising doubts over data \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5240-usda-reports-unusually-large-us-beef-export-sales-raising-doubts-over-data.md) | -2.2% | -7.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-07-02 | [USDA reports unusually large US beef export sales, raising doubts over data \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5240-usda-reports-unusually-large-us-beef-export-sales-raising-doubts-over-data.md) | -2.2% | -4.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-06-23 | [U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally before USDA report - Country Guide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70627-u-s-livestock-cme-live-cattle-rally-before-usda-report-country-guide.md) | +2.6% | +6.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-10-31 | [Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56728-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed-center-for-commercial-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/reviewing-tariff-rate-quotas-us-beef-imports

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