ABPA: Chicken meat exports remain at 400,000 tons in May
Export revenue obtained in the period totaled US$ 741.1 million, a balance 9.5% lower than in the same month last year, with US$ 818.7 million.
"Even with the suspensions applied by approximately 20 markets, including some of the main destinations for chicken meat exports, shipments remained close to 400 thousand tons. The impact, so far, has been proportionally smaller in relation to the relevance in the history of imports from countries with suspensions applied. This is an indication that the redirection of cargo is occurring as a way to maintain the flow of shipments in the international market", highlights the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin.
In the year (January to May), the exported volume reached 2.256 million tons, a figure 4.8% higher than that recorded in the same period last year, with 2.152 million tons.
Revenue recorded in the first five months of this year reached US$ 4.234 billion, a balance 10.18% higher than that achieved in the same period in 2024, with US$ 3.842 billion.
Among the markets that influenced the export result in May were China, with imports of 35.8 thousand tons (-28% compared to the same period last year), South Africa, with 25.5 thousand tons (-20.5%) and Mexico, with 16.6 thousand tons exported (-18.8%). At the same time, exports to the European Union grew by 46.2%, with 24.8 thousand tons registered in the month.
"The drop in volumes shipped was within the industry’s projections, considering the suspensions resulting from the registration of an outbreak of Avian Influenza on a commercial farm, a situation that has already been resolved. Sales to China, South Africa and Mexico fell to the expected levels. In the case of the European Union, sales to the market were at a considerably high pace, which justifies the increase, even with the self-suspension applied in the second half of May", assesses ABPA president, Ricardo Santin.
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