In November, Brazilian chicken meat exports amounted to 465,100 metric tons (mt), earning revenue of over US$893 million.
Covering all products (fresh and frozen), these figures represent year-on-year increases of 23.2% and 32.1%, respectively, according to the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein, ABPA.
For the same month of 2023, exports of 377,400mt generated revenue of just over US$676 million.
These significant improvements were bolstered to some extent by relatively weak performance in November of last year, according to ABPA President Ricardo Santin.
However, he highlighted that traded volumes last month were expanded for eight of Brazil’s most important 10 destinations for chicken against last November.
With 46,300mt, China remains the top partner for Brazilian chicken products, with a year-on-year increase of 17%. Following are Japan (34,800mt), the United Arab Emirates (34,200mt), Mexico (33,700mt), Saudi Arabia (29,800mt), South Africa (26,100mt), and the European Union (EU; 23,000mt).
Of these destinations, only Saudi Arabia imported less Brazilian chicken than in the same month of last year. In contrast, the volume shipped to Mexico was up close to 100%, and to the EU by 63%.
The states delivering the highest volumes of chicken for export continues to be Paranà and Santa Catarina — 182,100mt and 105,200mt, respectively.
Brazil on track to meet full-year forecasts
For the past three months, Brazilian poultry meat exports have been developing strongly, so that Santin forecasts the trade will meet the forecasts made for the full 12 months of 2024.
At almost 4.85mmt, the country’s total volume of chicken traded internationally from January to November was 3.7% higher than in the same period of 2023. Revenue for the 11 months was more than 1% higher year-on-year at US$9.07 billion.
So far, Brazil’s commercial poultry sector has remained free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which will have helped to support the country’s export efforts.
However, cases linked to the H5N1 HPAI virus serotype were detected among wild birds and in backyard poultry during the 12 months to May of 2024. In the past few days, the Brazilian veterinary authority has officially declared even this outbreak series to be “resolved.”
