Stickiness of supply chain configuration and trade flows of beef from Brazil

International trades of agricultural commodities (especially beef, soy and palm oil) are responsible for the majority of deforestation in tropical countries. In order to improve sustainability in the supply chain and help guide supply chain governance take actions to mitigate the social/environmental impacts of agricultural commodities, a new initiatives, Trase, developed new methodological tools to map and spatially analyse the supply chain from the places of production to the country of consumption. This research, apply a methodology developed on the supply chain of soy from Brazil by \cite{reis_understanding_2020} to assess the role of the supply chain's stickiness in the efficiency of initiatives towards sustainability. The objective of this research is to understand the relationships between the actors of the Brazilian beef supply chain and the places of production. Brazilian beef production is concentrated by a few states and the export is handled mostly by three major companies (JBS, Minerva, Marfrig). The results of this research are similar to the results on the soy network. Traders with the largest market shares are stickier than the others, slaughterhouses are a key elements in supply chain governance because of their direct contact with places of production. Stickiness is necessary to implement efficient initiatives. Current no-deforestation agreement, do not prevent for leakage and laundering.