São Paulo – After opening its market to chicken meat from Brazil last October, Algeria started buying it earlier this year. According to figures from its Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, year to date through April the Latin American country exported 10,000 tonnes of frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, for USD 16.3 million
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According to Luis Rua, market director at national industry lobby ABPA, easing of rules adopted in the Algerian market allowed exports of the product to the country, which in turn could have in the South American giant a relevant partner in ensuring food security.
“Algeria’s market officially opened to Brazil in October 2023. The first exports to the country took place in 2024. Since then, from January through April 2024, over 10,000 tonnes were exported, which is proof of the Latin American country’s power and the opportunities that may come from that market,” said Rua.
“Since then, Algeria has also relaxed some rules allowing Brazil to achieve a higher competitiveness in its exports to Algeria, which has a huge potential, and this partnership is likely to continue supporting its food security,” he said.
According to the ministry’s data through April, poultry already stands in seventh place in the ranking of top exports to Algeria, after sugar, soybean, beef, maize, agglomerated iron ores, and non-agglomerated iron ores.
Brazilian missions to Algeria
In October of last year and this year’s May, trade missions to the Arab country were held to promote the product. The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) was part of the delegation that went to Algeria in 2023.
In May, ABPA and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion (ApexBrasil) were in Algiers with businesspeople. Producers showcased the halal poultry meat, fit for Muslim consumption, at the food and beverage exhibition Sipsa Filaha Agrofood in still another bid to promote their chicken meat.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
