Brazil: Chicken meat exports increased 0.9 percent in May
In revenue, the result of May sales generated revenue of US$ 867.4 million, number 4.1% less than the total recorded in the fifth month of 2022, with US$ 904.6 million.
In the accumulated result for the year (January to May), sector sales reached a total volume of 2.183 million tons, a volume 9.7% higher than that recorded in the first five months of 2022, with 1.990 million tons.
In revenue, accumulated shipments reach US$ 4.281 billion, a figure 13.4% higher than that between January and May 2022, with US$ 3.776 billion.
Among the main export destinations, China led purchases of chicken meat in 2023 (January to May), with 328 thousand tons between January and May, a volume 32.6% higher than that registered in the same period of 2022, with 247, 4 thousand tons. Other highlights were Japan, with 178.7 thousand tons (+8%), South Africa, with 162.7 thousand tons (+12.1%), Saudi Arabia, with 148.1 thousand tons (+19.4 %) and European Union, with 101.4 thousand tons (+3.4%).
Main exporter of chicken meat in Brazil, Paraná shipped between January and May a total of 907 thousand tons (+11.7%), followed by Santa Catarina, with 454.5 thousand tons (+8.7%), Rio Grande do Sul, with 309.7 thousand tons (+0.8%), São Paulo, with 125.8 thousand tons (+19.9%) and Goiás, with 99.8 thousand tons (+33.7% ).
“Maintaining exports at levels above the monthly record average of 430 thousand tons demonstrates the international perception of the responsibility with which the government and the private sector in Brazil have treated the issue of Avian Influenza in wild birds, at the same time that it highlights the confidence of the international market in the Brazilian sanitary status, as well as in our ability to guarantee the supply of products to the various importing countries”, analyzes the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin.
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