Brazil: Chicken meat exports remain up 6.5 percent in 2023
In revenue, the increase reached 2.8%, with US$7.578 billion in the first nine months of 2023, against US$7.373 billion in the same period of 2022.
Considering only the month of September, shipments of chicken meat reached 397.1 thousand tons, a volume 0.7% lower than that recorded in the same period last year, with 400 thousand tons shipped. Total revenue recorded in September this year reached US$719.3 million, 13.3% lower than that achieved in the ninth month of 2022, with US$830.1 million.
"Maintaining current levels, driven by sales to the various destinations of the Brazilian product, exports in 2023 are expected to surpass the 5 million ton mark", assesses the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin.
Among the main export destinations in September, China stands out, which remains in the lead, with 57.1 thousand tons, a volume 41.6% higher than that recorded in the same month of 2022. Sales to the United Arab Emirates were also highlighted, with 35.2 thousand tons (+19.8%), South Africa, with 20.6 thousand tons (+9.5%), South Korea, with 19.4 thousand tons (+30.7%) and Mexico, with 15.2 thousand tons (+38.5%).
In the survey by state, Paraná remains the main exporter of chicken meat in Brazil, with 163.4 thousand tons shipped in September, a number 8.1% higher than that recorded in the same period of 2022. Next are Santa Catarina, with 85 .8 thousand tons (+6.2), Rio Grande do Sul, with 56.2 thousand tons (-19.26%), São Paulo, with 21.5 thousand tons (-12.6%) and Goiás, with 18.9 thousand tons (+23%).
"The high capillarity of chicken meat exports from Brazil was one of the differentiators in this month's sales, with a notable increase in China, Mexico and Islamic nations, including Iraq and Libya", points out ABPA's markets director, Luís Road.
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