São Paulo – Total poultry exports from Brazil came out to 349,500 tons in March, including raw and processed items, the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) reported last Friday (3).
The amount is up 2.6% from 340,500 tons in March 2019. Revenue was down 1.7% to USD 552.2 million.
Q1 2020 saw 1.021 million tons exported, up 8.8% year-on-year. Q1 revenue was down 6% to USD 1.635 billion.
“Despite the impact from Covid-19, the industry keeps playing its strategic role of ensuring food security for people in Brazil and several countries around the world, many of which are struggling with the pandemic at this time,” ABPA chairman Francisco Turra was quoted in a press release as saying.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
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