Brazil: Chicken meat exports close the first half with an increase of 8.5 percent
Accumulated revenue over the first half reached US$ 5.168 billion, a balance that exceeds by 9.3% the accumulated figures between January and June 2022, with US$ 4.728 billion.
Considering only the month of June, Brazilian exports of chicken meat reached 446.2 thousand tons, a number 3.2% higher than that registered in the same period of 2022, with 432.5 thousand tons. Revenue generated by exports reached US$ 887.5 million, a number 6.7% lower than the US$ 951.7 million registered in June 2022.
In the survey by country, China remains the main destination, with 390.7 thousand tons imported between January and June (33% higher than the result achieved in the first half of 2022). Next are Japan, with 219.8 thousand tons (+8.5%), United Arab Emirates, with 200.1 thousand tons (-18.3%), South Africa, with 189.7 thousand tons (+ 16.5%) and Saudi Arabia, with 176.8 thousand tons (+8.4%).
Among the exporting states, Paraná remains in the lead, with 1.090 million tons in the first six months of this year (+11.1% compared to the first half of 2022), followed by Santa Catarina, with 545.5 thousand tons (+ 7.44%), Rio Grande do Sul, with 372.7 thousand tons (-1.9%), São Paulo, with 151.4 thousand tons (+17%) and Goiás, with 120.4 thousand tons (30 .8%).
“Throughout this year we recorded increases in virtually all export destinations from Brazil, especially in Asia. The positive behavior of exports at average monthly levels close to 440,000 tons is an important sign of the markets' confidence in the quality of the product, in the biosafety of production and in the transparency and effectiveness of the work of the Ministry of Agriculture and other bodies in Brazil on monitoring of Avian Influenza", emphasizes the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin.
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