From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Brazilian pork exports generated US$ 101.3 million in May, representing an increase of 45.89% when compared to the same month last year. A total of 52,000 tonnes of the product were shipped, against 49,000 in May 2004, according to figures supplied today (08) by the Brazilian Pork Exporters Association (Abipecs).
From January to May 2005, pork exports presented a growth of 81.11% when compared to the same period last year. In the first five months of the year, revenues totalled US$ 444 million. The volume shipped, in turn, totalled 234,000 tonnes, against 183,000 tonnes from January to May 2004.
Russia is the largest market for Brazilian pork. The country imported a total of 138,060 tonnes in the first five months of the year representing an increase of 25% over the same period last year. Brazilian exports to Russia totalled US$ 279.2 million, a growth of 85.8%. Then came Hong-Kong, Argentina, Singapore and South Africa.
*Translated by Mark Ament
