From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Brazilian chicken exports yielded US$ 2.145 billion in the first half of this year, an increase of 47% in comparison with the same period in 2006. The export volume reached 1.544 million tonnes, an increase of 24.4%. The data were disclosed today (16) by the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef).
In the month of June alone, sales totalled US$ 392.4 million, 76.7% more than in the same month last year. Shipments totalled nearly 260,000 tonnes, a 33% increase over June 2006.
According to the Abef, the expressive growth is due to the basis for comparison, as exports decreased last year as a consequence of a retraction in global consumption, resulting from avian flu outbreaks in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The organisation also states that the ongoing appreciation of the A real (Brazilian currency) against the United States dollar has reduced the profitability of foreign sales. The Abef claims that this year, the appreciation of the real has already led to losses of US$ 1.836 billion in export revenues.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
