São Paulo – Poultry exports increased in volume and revenue July-on-July. According to data released this Thursday (14th) by the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA, in the Portuguese acronym), poultry exports amounted to 371,100 tonnes in July, up 9.4% from the same period last year. The revenue reached US$ 771.8 million, up 14% July-on-July. According to the ABPA, these figures are a record for the month of July.
ABPA chairman, Francisco Turra, ascribed the growth in exports to the performance of major importers. “Important markets such as the Saudi Arabia, Japan, China and the European Union had a positive balance in shipments in comparison to July last year, along with other markets which, combined, were decisive in reaching the record revenue for the month,” said Turra, according to ABPA statement.
Exports to Saudi Arabia grew by 2.47% July-on-July. As regards Japan, the surge was 40.37%, to China the increase was 36.8% and to the European Union, there was a 16.24% hike.
According to the vice president for poultry of the ABPA, Ricardo Santin, rain in the south of Brazil which hampered the shipments in June have influenced the results in the following month. “The shipments which were delayed by the rain in June have piled up and set a level of exports higher than previously expected for July. This, plus the average price recovery from the beginning of the year, enabled the sector to reach record revenue in July,” he said.
Year-to-date
Year-to-date, the sector has exported 2.274 million tonnes, up 2% from the same period in 2013. In this period, the revenue dropped by 5.9% to US$ 4.489 billion. Per regions, the Middle East remains, in the year, as the leading destination to poultry exports, at 799,900 tonnes, a volume 8.1% smaller than the one shipped to the region in the same period in 2013. Asia is the second largest buyer, followed by Africa, European Union and the Americas.
Among the Arab countries, Saudi Arabia was the main importer of poultry between January and July. The Middle Eastern country imported, in the period, 381,000 tonnes, a volume 5.6% smaller than in 2013, followed by the European Union, which imported 240,500 tonnes (up 0.8%), Japan and Hong Kong. The United Arab Emirates was the fifth largest market for Brazilian poultry. The country imported 147,900 tonnes, volume 1.2% smaller than the one posted between January and July 2013.
*Translated by Rodrigo Mendonça
