Despite Brazil recording an avian influenza outbreak earlier this year, 2025 is expected to close with an increase in chicken meat exports. The president of ABPA said the Middle East showed confidence in the country during this period.
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were some of the leading buyers of the product in October. The reopening of the Chinese market is expected to lead the sector to perform better than in 2024.
Sales to the Arab country rose 7.9% in September compared to the same period last year, reaching a total of 13,500 tons, according to the report released by ABPA.
With Jordan removing restrictions on the entry of Brazilian chicken into its market on Tuesday (15), there are now eight Arab countries with no restrictions on imports. The bans had been imposed due to an avian flu outbreak.
Speaking in the Senate, Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, said that the vast majority of countries recognize the strength of Brazil’s sanitary system and that all measures from the contingency plan to contain avian flu have been implemented.
The Brazilian Association of Animal Protein released a note regretting Japan’s decision to suspend purchases of poultry from the state of Espírito Santo, where avian influenza was detected in a backyard plant. ABPA informed Brazilian industrial poultry plants remain free of any cases of the disease.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce sent a note to Arab embassies in Brazil with clarifications on the cases of avian influenza identified in wild birds in the country. Brazil remains free of the disease.
An outbreak of H5N8 in a Saudi farm was made public this week. According to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), this should not impact exports from Brazil, but sales can be increased if need be.
