Tight supplies of beef are continuing to sustain high prices across the EU this year, the latest European Commission data shows.<\/p>\n
While prices remain above the those witnessed in 2025, they have started to decline in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cA restrained demand due to the high prices, the evolution of the dairy market and punctual destocking may be having an influence on such decline,\u201d the Commission said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the short supply continues to sustain high prices and favourable margins for producers,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
For week 16 of the year (13 to 19 April), the EU average price for carcases of adult male cattle stood at \u20ac7.02\/kg, down 1.42% on the previous month, but up almost 9% year on year.<\/p>\n
Production<\/strong><\/p>\n EU beef production fell in January 2026, the latest data available shows, by 6.1% compared to the corresponding month in 2025. <\/p>\n Irish beef production was down 14.6% for the month, with similar declines also seen in Poland, Lativia, Slovakia and Finland. German beef production was down 4.8% and French beef production fell by just shy of 5%.<\/p>\n The only countries that saw increases in production were Greece (7.1%), Spain (1.9%) and the Netherlands (2.9%).<\/p>\n Exports<\/strong><\/p>\n Full-year export figures for 2025 show that EU beef exports declined by 16.5% for the year compared with 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cThe shortage of animals and the decline in the production, together with a decreased competitiveness due to the high prices, is limiting EU\u2019s capacity to export,\u201d the Commission said. <\/p>\n The UK imported 38% of total EU beef exports last year, a figure that was down 8% year on year. Declines in exports to Turkey, Israel, Morocco and Canada were also recorded.<\/p>\n Imports<\/strong><\/p>\n Beef imports were up 19.1% in 2025 across the main exporters, except from the US, with imports down 2.7%.<\/p>\n Imports from Brazil rose by 36.7%, Uruguay imports increased by 37% and New Zealand imports were up 30.6%.<\/p>\n The tight supply and the solid demand make global trade \u201cvery dynamic\u201d, the Commission said. <\/p>\n Tight supplies of beef are continuing to sustain high prices across the EU this year, the latest European Commission data shows.<\/p>\n While prices remain above the those witnessed in 2025, they have started to decline in recent weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cA restrained demand due to the high prices, the evolution of the dairy market and punctual destocking may be having an influence on such decline,\u201d the Commission said. <\/p>\n \u201cHowever, the short supply continues to sustain high prices and favourable margins for producers,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n For week 16 of the year (13 to 19 April), the EU average price for carcases of adult male cattle stood at \u20ac7.02\/kg, down 1.42% on the previous month, but up almost 9% year on year.<\/p>\n Production<\/strong><\/p>\n EU beef production fell in January 2026, the latest data available shows, by 6.1% compared to the corresponding month in 2025. <\/p>\n Irish beef production was down 14.6% for the month, with similar declines also seen in Poland, Lativia, Slovakia and Finland. German beef production was down 4.8% and French beef production fell by just shy of 5%.<\/p>\n The only countries that saw increases in production were Greece (7.1%), Spain (1.9%) and the Netherlands (2.9%).<\/p>\n Exports<\/strong><\/p>\n Full-year export figures for 2025 show that EU beef exports declined by 16.5% for the year compared with 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cThe shortage of animals and the decline in the production, together with a decreased competitiveness due to the high prices, is limiting EU\u2019s capacity to export,\u201d the Commission said. <\/p>\n The UK imported 38% of total EU beef exports last year, a figure that was down 8% year on year. Declines in exports to Turkey, Israel, Morocco and Canada were also recorded.<\/p>\n Imports<\/strong><\/p>\n Beef imports were up 19.1% in 2025 across the main exporters, except from the US, with imports down 2.7%.<\/p>\n Imports from Brazil rose by 36.7%, Uruguay imports increased by 37% and New Zealand imports were up 30.6%.<\/p>\n The tight supply and the solid demand make global trade \u201cvery dynamic\u201d, the Commission said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tight supplies of beef are continuing to sustain high prices across the EU this year, the latest European…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[265232,6850,42365,107869,95791,2106,943,16212,2000,299,5187,2557,265231,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-950083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-amy-forde","9":"tag-beef","10":"tag-beef-exports","11":"tag-beef-imports","12":"tag-beef-prices","13":"tag-brazil","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-cattle","16":"tag-eu","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-european","19":"tag-european-commission","20":"tag-irish-beef","21":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116549411619348096","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}