São Paulo – The Middle East has remained the top market for Brazilian poultry in 2010. According to information disclosed this Thursday (13th) by the Brazilian Poultry Union (Ubabef), revenues from exports to the region reached US$ 2.233 billion, an increase of 13% over 2009. The volume shipped, however, dropped slightly, by 0.1%, and reached 1.365 million tonnes.
Overall, Brazil exported the equivalent of US$ 6.808 billion in poultry in 2010, an increase of 17% compared with the previous year. A total of 3.819 million tonnes were shipped, 5.1% more than in 2009. The higher growth in revenues, according to the organization, took place as a result of the increased price of exported product.
After the Middle East, volume-wise, the leading targets of the product last year were, in this order, Asia, Africa, the European Union and other European countries. In terms of revenues, the European Union ranked third.
The Ubabef has also disclosed data on egg exports. A total of 27,721 tonnes were shipped, a 25% decline over 2009. Revenues totalled US$ 41 million, a decline of 17.6%.
Africa and the Middle East were the two leading target regions for Brazilian eggs, and Angola and the United Arab Emirates were the top buying countries.
The Middle East was also the leading target market for Brazilian exports of duck and goose meat, having purchased 1,849 tonnes.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
