Overview
- Resolution 249/2025, signed by Agriculture Secretary Sergio Iraeta, activates access to the 2026 contingent for boneless chilled or frozen beef.
- Applications must be filed on the TAD platform and remain open for ten calendar days from the resolution’s entry into force.
- The quota takes effect on January 1, 2026 and benefits from a reduced U.S. tariff of USD 44 per tonne under the contingent granted by USDA.
- The Subsecretariat may issue advance allocations only to applicants that clear documentary checks, with detailed requirements covering SENASA authorization, Siocal registration, slaughter and export schedules, and track records; joint projects must file constitutive documents, producer lists and committed volumes.
- Argentina reported 19,918 tonnes shipped in the 2025 cycle, effectively filling the current allotment, and both governments signal a likely expansion toward 80,000 tonnes that remains unfinalized.