After years of prospecting, DEP Export began shipping eggs in March from three farms in Pernambuco to the Arab country. The outlook is promising, with higher volumes ordered for April. The company aims to boost exports of poultry products from Brazil’s Northeast.
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The biggest market for the product is the United States, but the United Arab Emirates ranks fifth, and its imports have increased slightly year-to-date.
Both May and year-to-date egg exports are on the rise. However, shipments to the United Arab Emirates, the third largest buyer, show a decrease.
However, sales to the Arab country went against the market trend and declined in February compared to the same period last year.
Brazilian egg exports grew by 22% in January. The UAE reduced their purchases compared to the same month in 2024 but remained the leading destination of the product.
The two Arab countries ranked among the top five largest importers of eggs from Brazil in 2024.
The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq are among the top ten importers of Brazilian chicken meat, says ABPA. According to the institution, the sector is set to reach production and export records this year.
Renewing its sector projects, ABPA and ApexBrasil also maintained the United Arab Emirates as one of the target export markets for poultry and Saudi Arabia for eggs.
Sales to Asian countries drove up results year to date. United Arab Emirates bought less and dropped to third place in the list of destinations.
Brazil shipped 11,900 tonnes of fresh and processed eggs abroad from January to May 2023. Japan was the leading buyer and displaced the UAE, which had that position last year.
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.
The United Arab Emirates remained the leading importer of eggs from Brazil in 2022. Qatar, the World Cup’s host country, came second.
The Gulf country was the primary buyer of eggs in the accumulated result for 2022 and the second leading poultry protein shipments, behind only China.
The announcement was made by the director of the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources of the Arab country to the official Kuwaiti news agency.
