In 2001, Brazil produced 6.567 million tons of chicken meat, which corresponded to 12.7% of the world’s production, ranking Brazil fourth among the leading broiler producers, behind USA, 27.1%, China, 17.9% and EU, 13.2%. For 2011, the USDA forecast that Brazil must produce 16% of world’s total chicken meat production, what represents, if confirmed, a 25.8% rise compared to 2001, while the USA production must shrink 23.8%, China’s, 9.2% and EU’s, 11.2%, in the same period.