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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Sales have reached USD 41 million this year, up 67.9% compared to last year. Imports are declining.
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.
Brazilian chicken meat exports increased in August compared to the same month last year. Saudi Arabia slightly raised its purchases, while the UAE reduced its imports.
Meat lobby expects a slight drop in exports this year. Production is projected to reach 15.4 million tons.
Alongside the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf country ranked among the ten largest destinations of Brazilian agricultural and livestock products in July.
Three countries have greenlit chicken meat imports from Brazil according to the latest update from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. In the Arab world, restrictions have been lifted in all but two countries.
Arab-Brazilian Chamber sees a recovery in Brazil’s chicken meat exports to the Arab market. In the first half of the year, the decline was only 0.53%. Kuwait and Bahrain recently lifted their restrictions.
At a meeting on Sunday, the committee of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) recommended lifting the ban on imports of Brazilian chicken meat.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock informed the World Organization for Animal Health. The country had a case in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul state, in May.
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.
Saudi Arabia was the second-largest destination of Brazilian chicken meat in March. Other Arab countries among the top buyers in the month were the UAE and Iraq, but their purchases declined.
In January of this year, USD 60.2 million were exported, mainly in beef, chicken, and sugar.
Data released by Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock show that the United Arab Emirates and Egypt were the top Arab clients of Brazil’s agribusiness. Exports to the Middle East and Africa grew.
