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According to the slaughterhouse, the suspension of imports of beef for six months should not affect performance. These markets represent just 4% of foreign sales, which should go to other nations.

Purchases of the product have been halted until Brazil explains the ‘non-classical’ case of an animal contaminated with the disease which died in 2010. The announcement was made early this month.

The production volume should be up 4.72% in the 2012-2013 season, at 37.6 million tonnes; in turn, ethanol output should be down 5.22%, according to figures from the National Supply Company.

The Brazilian Agrogen has a plant dedicated to production of chicken for sale in eight Arab nations. The region answers to 75% of export revenues and the perspective is for growth.

Forecasts by the UN Economic Commission for Africa show that the content should reduce purchases in 2012 and 2013 due to the buying power. Imports in 2011 totalled 43 million tonnes.