Revenue from Brazilian chicken meat exports (considering all products, including fresh and processed) totaled US$ 822.6 million in October, according to the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA). The number is 15% higher than that recorded in the same period last year, with US$ 715.2 million.
The volume shipped in the tenth month of the year reached 394 thousand tons, a performance 0.8% lower than that recorded in October 2021, with 397.1 thousand tons.
In the year, revenue from chicken meat exports reached US$ 8.195 billion, a performance 29.3% higher than that recorded between January and October 2021, with US$ 6.339 billion.
In terms of volume, shipments registered in the first ten months of 2022 reached 4.060 million tons, a volume 5.1% higher than that recorded in the same period of the previous year, with 3.864 million tons.
Among the main export destinations in the year (January to October), the United Arab Emirates, with 377.3 thousand tons (+22.9%), the Philippines, with 215 thousand tons (+45.6%), European Union, with 202.1 thousand tons (+23.8%) and South Korea, with 153.3 thousand tons (+63.2%).
“The monthly average of chicken meat exports remains above 400 thousand tons, in line with ABPA’s projections for the year. The positive performance of the revenues obtained from international sales points to a situation of maintenance of the demand of the international market for the Brazilian product”, evaluates the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin.
