SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian chicken meat exports totaled 4.822 million tons in 2022, a historic record and 4.6% higher than the total exported in 2021, boosted by factors related to the conflict in Ukraine and health issues in some countries, informed the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) this Tuesday.
Revenue from exports reached US$9.762 billion, another historic result, up 27.4% compared to 2021, with additional help from higher prices, reported the ABPA, which represents companies such as BRF and JBS.
“The reconfiguration of the international animal protein market, marked by the effects of the conflict in Eastern Europe, the increase in production costs in the European Union and the health situation of poultry farming in the five continents, is among the determining factors for the records recorded…”, said the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin, in a note.
“In this context, Brazil, which has never registered cases and is free of Avian Influenza, has remained a safe haven for the global supply of chicken meat and should sustain the same levels of exports in 2023”, he added.
The production and export of chicken and pork meat from Brazil will grow in 2023, predicted the ABPA in December.
Chicken meat exports reached 386.3 thousand tons in December –considering fresh and processed products–, a volume 6% lower than that registered in the last month of 2021.
However, there was an increase of 9.2% in revenue from chicken meat exports in December, reaching 785.2 million dollars.
Among Brazil’s main export destinations in 2022, China remained the main one, with 540.5 thousand imported tons, but a volume 15.6% lower than that registered in 2021.
In second place, the United Arab Emirates imported 444.9 thousand tons last year, surpassing the total shipped in the previous year by 14.2%.
Other highlights were the Philippines, with 246.3 thousand tons (+46.5%), the European Union, with 237.9 thousand tons (+22.8%), and South Korea, with 185.4 thousand tons (+ 62.9%).
(Reporting by Roberto Samora)
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