Chicken meat exports close in July at close to 400,000 tons

Brazilian chicken meat exports (considering all products, both fresh and processed) totaled 399.7 thousand tons in July, according to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA).

The number is 13.8% lower than that recorded in the same period last year (with shipments of 463.7 thousand tons in July 2024) but, at the same time, it exceeds by 16.4% the total exported in June of this year (with 343.4 thousand tons).

July revenue reached US$1,000,000 (737.8 million), 171,000 (4,000) lower than the previous year (US$1,000,000), but 15.81 (4,000) higher than June's US$1,000,000 (637 million). "There was a notable reestablishment of trade with many of the nations that had suspended imports due to an isolated and now resolved case of Avian Influenza on a commercial farm. Comparatively, over 50,000 tons were added to our flow, a figure that is expected to expand in the coming months with the consolidation of negotiations and the reopening of all markets," assesses ABPA president Ricardo Santin.

For the year (January to July), Brazilian chicken exports totaled 3 million tons, 1.7% lower than the 3.052 million tons recorded in the same period last year. In terms of revenue, the accumulated balance reached US$$ 5.609 billion, 1.5% higher than the US$$ 5.525 billion recorded in the same period last year.

The main destination for Brazilian chicken meat exports, the United Arab Emirates imported 51.7 thousand tons in July, a balance 33.6% higher than that shipped in the same period last year, with 38.7 thousand tons. Next are Japan, with 42.9 thousand tons (-9.3%), Mexico, with 36.4 thousand tons (+45.6%), Saudi Arabia, with 31.4 thousand tons (+19.7%), Angola, with 16.1 thousand tons (+68.7%), Singapore, with 13.6 thousand tons (+8.8%), United Kingdom, with 12.7 thousand tons (+84.3%), Kuwait, with 11.6 thousand tons (+13.3%), Ghana, with 10.9 thousand tons (+131.1%) and Hong Kong, with 10.2 thousand tons (+72.5%).

Brazil's largest exporting state, Paraná, shipped 152.1 thousand tons in July, a volume 19.2% lower than in the same period last year. Next are Santa Catarina, with 95.3 thousand tons (-7.6%), Rio Grande do Sul, with 46.2 thousand tons (-22.5%), São Paulo, with 26.8 thousand tons (+3.8%) and Goiás, with 22.8 thousand tons (+4.2%).