From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Brazilian exports of bovine meat totalled US$ 3.3 billion from January to September of this year, an increase of 18% over the same period of 2006, according to information disclosed today (15th) by the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association (Abiec). In September alone, sales have surpassed US$ 360 million, a 2% increase over September of last year.
In the accumulated result for the year, Egypt remains the second largest destination for Brazilian raw meat exports, losing only to Russia. Exports from Brazil to the Arab country totalled US$ 283.6 million from January until September, a reduction of 8% compared with the first nine months of 2006.
Other Arab nations featured in the list of major raw meat importers are Algeria, in the 9th position, with purchases of US$ 81.1 million, a decrease of 1% in comparison with the period from January to September 2006; and Saudi Arabia, in the 10th position, with imports of US$ 73.5 million, 16.6% more than in the first nine months of last year.
In the statistics for September, in addition to those three countries, Lebanon also figures in the list of main destinations, with imports of US$ 6 million, a 101% increase over September of last year.
Industrialised
Egypt is also on the list of major markets for industrialised meat, in the 7th position, at purchases of US$ 7.3 million from January until September, a growth of 47% in comparison with the same period of 2006. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are also in the ranking of main destinations, respectively in the 14th and 15th positions.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
