São Paulo – Revenues from Brazilian poultry exports to the Middle Eastern countries grew by 35.7% from January to May this year compared with the same period of 2010, at a total of US$ 1.13 billion. In terms of volume, there was growth of 11%, at 598,000 tonnes shipped to the region. The figures were supplied by the Brazilian Poultry Union (Ubabef).
In the comparison between the months of May and April this year, revenues from Brazilian poultry exports to the Middle East grew by 6.6%, to reach US$ 236 million. Volume-wise, there was growth of 2.6% from April to May, at 119,600 tonnes shipped.
The leading buyer of Brazilian poultry in terms of volume, from January to May, was Saudi Arabia, at 236,000 tonnes. In May alone, the country bought 52,200 tonnes of the Brazilian product, an increase of 17.4% over April. In the fifth month of the year, revenues from sales to Saudi Arabia reached US$ 109.8 million, an increase of 24.8% compared with the previous month.
In North Africa, the leading importer of Brazilian poultry in May was Egypt, at 4,000 tonnes, an increase of 52% compared with April, and US$ 7.8 million in revenues, a 54% increase using the same basis of comparison.
Total poultry exports from Brazil in May reached 338,520 tonnes, an increase of 5.1% over the same month of 2010, when shipments reached 322,100 tonnes. Total revenues from poultry exports in May reached US$ 742.6 million, a 32% increase compared with May last year.
The figures also show a 4.1% increase in volume shipped compared with April this year, when 325,200 tonnes were exported. Revenues in May were 7.7% higher than in April, when the figure was US$ 689.5 million.
Frozen poultry, the main export product of the Brazilian poultry industry, had 290,300 tonnes shipped in the fifth month of the year, generating US$ 594.5 million in revenues. Exports of whole chickens in May generated US$ 224.5 million in revenues, at 121,900 tonnes shipped.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
