Foreign sales from Brazil increased in the first ten months of the year, driven by China, as well as Saudi Arabia and the United States.
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Shipped volume climbed 2% in September, even though export revenues decreased. China remains the leading importer year-to-date, with Egypt in second.
Exports from the Brazilian food company’s domestic units accounted for 72% of gross revenue in Q2 2020. Asia’s share in total sales leaped from 25% to 50%, while the Middle East’s slid from 27% to 9%.
Arab country has opened up for cattle, sheep and goat meat. Negotiations were underway about the requirements of the International Sanitary Certificate for exporting products and whether Kuwait would accept the list of establishments laid down in the Federal Inspection Service.
Importers are shifting towards Brazilian beef as an alternative to unavailable Indian buffalo meat. The subject was discussed in a webinar hosted by consulting firm Datagro and livestock industry association GPB.
Among the new plants that can export to the Arab country, 15 are beef packers and 27 are poultry packers.
Despite the novel coronavirus, the Brazilian poultry company said it exports are ongoing. Beef company Marfrig said its units are operating normally. Minerva, whose activities include food services, put all workers on leave at some of its plants.
A survey commissioned by the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (ABIEC) shows that there’s no risk of a shortage in the country. Production exceeds domestic consumption by 35.5%.
As of May, warehouses and cold storage chambers will require halal certification. The change applies to Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The Tanmiah Food Group processes beef and poultry in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Its plans include stepping up protein imports from Brazil and finding partners whose product can be processed at the Group’s facilities and sold under the original Brazilian brand.
Beef shipments in February declined by 6% year-on-year. China reduced purchases.
Brazil was not authorized to sell the product to the Arab country since 2013, when the market closed due to one atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
The month saw 17,123 tonnes shipped from Brazil. Revenue was down 27% year-on-year.
Arab country purchased 71,400 tonnes last year. Spearheaded by China, exports hit record levels in both volume and revenue.