Brasília – The Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, said today (28th) that the opening of the Chinese market to imports of Brazilian chicken meat should lead to a considerable rise in exports from the sector.
“The opening of this market should generate an increase of approximately 5% in our exports this year, and possibly one of 10% next year, which is very good news."
This week, the Asian country disclosed the list of 22 Brazilian slaughterhouses that are already authorised to sell to the country. “China is a market of nearly US$ 1 billion per year,” said the secretary of Foreign Relations for Agribusiness, Célio Porto, in a release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, referring to the potential for trade between the two countries.
In 2008, the country exported approximately 3.4 million tonnes of chicken meat. The sales generated revenues of US$ 6.3 billion for the Brazilian agribusiness sector. This year, up until the beginning of May, 1.1 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported, totalling US$ 1.5 billion.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum