São Paulo – Brazilian beef exports generated US$ 1.9 billion in revenues from January to April this year, up 19.5% from January to April 2012’s US$ 1.6 billion. The figures were released this Thursday (23rd) by the Brazilian Beef Exporting Industries Association (Abiec).
The leading buyer of Brazilian beef during the period was Hong Kong, at US$ 437.8 million. Russia ranked second at US$ 408.2 million and the European Union ranked third at US$ 261.7 million. Among Arab countries, Egypt ranks among the top ten importing countries, in the sixth position at US$ 95.8 million in imports; the United Arab Emirates rank tenth at US$ 24.7 million. Palestine does not lead the ranking, but its imports increased by 129% during the period.
“We were very pleased to see that Brazil has become established as a strong, reliable beef exporter, one that is winning new markets, such as the Arab countries, and increasing its share in other more traditional ones such as Russia and the European Union,” said the president of the Brazilian Beef Exporting Industries Association, Antônio Jorge Camardelli.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
