Chicken meat exports close the semester with an increase of 0.5%

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Brazilian chicken exports (including all products, both fresh and processed) ended the first half of this year with a 0.5% increase in shipped volumes, according to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA). A total of 2.6 million tons were exported, 0.5% higher than the 2.588 million tons recorded in the same period last year.

Photo: Jonathan Campos

The export balance in the first half of the year reached US$1.5T 4.871 billion, 51.4T higher than that recorded in the same period last year, with US$1.5T 4.636 billion.

In June, chicken meat exports reached 343.4 thousand tons. The balance is 21.2% lower than that recorded in the same period last year, with 435.9 thousand tons. The revenue generated in the period reached US$$ 637 million, a balance 19.7% lower than that recorded in the same period last year, with US$$ 793.6 million.

The ranking of the main destinations for Brazilian exports in the first half of the year is led by the United Arab Emirates, with 231.1 thousand tons (-3.7%), followed by China, with 228.6 thousand tons (-17.2%), Saudi Arabia, with 201.9 thousand tons (-2%), Japan, with 198.2 thousand tons (-7.5%) and South Africa, with 133.9 thousand tons (-20.3%), the European Union, with 125.3 thousand tons (+20.8%), the Philippines, with 122.8 thousand tons (+2.2%) and Mexico, with 89.9 thousand tons (+7.7%).

The main exporting state, Paraná, shipped 1.039 million tons in the first half of the year (-3.49% compared to the previous year), followed by Santa Catarina, with 573.3 thousand tons (+1.72%), Rio Grande do Sul, with 348.5 thousand tons (-1.62%), São Paulo, with 154 thousand tons (+12.4%) and Goiás, with 131.1 thousand tons (+4.2%).

President of ABPA, Ricardo Santin – Photo: Jaqueline Galvão/OP Rural

“On the one hand, the balance recorded in May and June demonstrated a lower real impact than what was speculated with the suspensions resulting from the only identified and already resolved focus of Avian Influenza in commercial production. Now, with the publication of Brazil's self-declaration of being Free of Avian Influenza with the World Organization for Animal Health, most markets have resumed the flow of exports and others should reestablish themselves soon. The expectation is that there will be a significant increase in the levels of shipments in the second half of the year, expanding the positive result expected for this year”, assesses the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin.