Brazil (374%, 2.43 million tonnes in 2019), India (334%, 1.49 million tonnes), and Paraguay (484%, 0.39 million tonnes) enjoyed the fastest 2000-19 cumulative export growth.
Among top beef exporters, only the beef output of India (+257%, 4.24 million tonnes in 2019), Paraguay (215%, 0.71 million tonnes), and Brazil (151%, 10.2 million tonnes) grew significantly over the past two decades.
Weather, politics and trade barriers play a role but beef's strong (but vulnerable) trade fundamentals are in China's control.
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