São Paulo – The Middle East remained as the main destination for Brazilian poultry exports from January to July. The countries in the region imported 884,700 tons, a volume 10% higher than the one registered in the same period of last year, according to data provided by the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) this Tuesday (11th).
Sales to Asia increased 5% from January to July and reached 707,500 tons. Africa imported 309,800 tons, an increase of 7.4% over the first seven months of last year. Shipments to the European Union declined 6.5% to 224,800 tons.
Early in the month, ABPA reported that July exports were record-breaking. In the press release of this Tuesday, the institution said that the largest importers of the product boosted sales of the sector.
Of Brazil’s 20 largest clients, 16 increased purchases in July. In the month, volume of sales was 13% higher over July of last year, with a total of 447,200 tons shipped. In the year, sales totaled 2.437 million tons, or 4.53% more than January to July 2014.
“Practically in all continents, we improved our exports performance, with the expansion of the mix of products exported in some destinations”, said ABPA’s poultry vice-president Ricardo Santin in the press release. He mentioned that Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and South Korea increased purchases.
July’s highlight was China, which imported 35,000 tons of poultry, with an increase of 59% over the same period of last year. South Africa increased its purchases in 89% to a total of 27,000 tons last month only. On the other hand, shipments to Hong Kong and Venezuela dropped.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
