São Paulo – Bovine slaughter increased by 5.5% in Brazil in the second quarter this year, in comparison with the three previous months. The data were culled from a survey disclosed by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Compared with the same period of 2008, however, there was a decline of 10.2%.
The Brazilian state that recorded the highest output was Mato Grosso, with 13.6%. The Midwest and Southeast regions answered to 58.5% of bovine slaughter in the country. According to the IBGE, the quarterly data reflect an attempt of slaughterhouses to adapt their costs to the bearish market scenario.
As for chicken slaughter, there was a reduction of 2.4% in the second quarter this year over the same period of 2008, according to the institute’s survey. A total of 1.168 billion animals were slaughtered. Compared with the first quarter this year, however, as with bovines, there was growth of 3.8%.
The South region accounted for the majority of operations, with 60.1% of chicken slaughtering. The state of Paraná had the highest output. In other regions that do not produce as much, though, there was significant growth as well. Such was the case of Mato Grosso, in which slaughtering rose by 20.2%. Chicken egg production grew 3.6% in the second half this year compared with the same period in 2008.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum