US meat demand will remain high until 2026.

In an interview with Valor Agregado on Radio Carve, Martínez noted that everyone is now eagerly awaiting what will ultimately happen in the North American country's relations with Brazil and Argentina in connection with the possible tariff reduction and the additional quota of 60,000 tons, respectively.

Regarding Argentina's additional quota, which is increasing from 20,000 tons to 80,000, a member of the Las Moras party stated that "this will certainly have an impact, because we are talking about a significant amount of meat that Argentina used to sell to other countries; now it will be supplied to the United States, and these cuts compete with those from Uruguay, so this will certainly have some impact."

On the other hand, speaking about the situation in Brazil, he noted that "Brazilian exporters have high hopes for a change in the situation, but so far there is no confirmation of this; the United States remains silent on this issue."

In any case, aside from this uncertainty, expectations for the North American market in 2026 are very similar to what happened in 2025: “I understand that they will still be demand-driven.”

China

Regarding the Asian giant's market, the industrialist noted that the company also recently participated in a trade fair in China, where they experienced "a very high degree of uncertainty from importers due to the issue of protective measures and stricter controls on imported meat, which leads to significant delays in deliveries and increases costs for importers."

Regarding the implementation of safeguard measures, Martinez stated that “there is talk that this could include the establishment of quotas, and then, after they are applied, tariffs will be applied, but nothing is clear yet – neither about the volume of quotas nor about the scope of application of tariffs.”

Europe

On the Old Continent, the market situation is “special” because “three or four weeks ago we had stable demand and good prices , but then the volume of meat supplies from Argentina increased, and at the same time there was this whole situation at the port and delays in deliveries, so a lot of meat will not arrive in time for the holidays.”

Southeast Asia

Las Moras is present in the Malaysian market, which it describes as "a very interesting market, completely new to us. It has a population of 40 million people, 90% of whom consume imported food , and of that 90%, 80% comes from buffalo meat from India, and the rest is high-quality meat."