São Paulo – A group of 19 Brazilian agribusiness companies, producers and exporters of poultry, pork and eggs, will attend this month the Anuga, the food fair in Germany, expecting to meet importers from all over the world, among them Arab ones.
The fair is a traditional meeting point of Brazilian companies with international buyers and, according to information released by the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), business rounds with importers from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are expected.
The fair takes place from October 10th to 14th, in Cologne, and the Brazilian participation is being organized by ABPA in a partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil). The companies that will be exhibiting its products are Adelle, Alibem, Bello Alimentos, Coasul, Copacol, Cosuel, Globoaves, C Vale, Frangos Pioneiro, Frango Granjeiro, GTFoods, Jaguafrangos, JBS, Larissa, Lar, Pif Paf, São Salvador Alimentos, Vibra and Unifrango.
According to information released by ABPA, it’s the highest number of companies ever registered in a joint action of the projects Brazilian Chicken, Brazilian Pork and Brazilian Egg, of new business prospection for Brazilian exporters in the poultry, pork and eggs sectors, respectively. There will a sampling space run by chef Marcelo Bortolon, in which typical dishes of Brazilian cuisine, such as chicken with polenta, will be offered.
Middle East
Poultry meat is one of Brazil’s best-selling products to the Arab countries and the sector generates high revenues to the country. Data released last week by ABPA shows that Brazilian exports of poultry increased 4.8% from January to September of this year over the same period of last year, with the shipment of 3.1 million tons.
There was also an increase in revenues in reais with sales to the global market, with R$ 17.3 billion. It was an increase of 26.6% over the first nine months of last year. But in dollars there was a decline in revenues of 9.1% with US$ 5.4 billion. This occurred because of the appreciation of the North American currency against the real.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani