Saudi Arabia authorizes eight new Brazilian slaughterhouses for beef export

The Saudi health authority – SFDA (Daudi Food and Drug Authority) – has authorized eight new establishments to export Brazilian beef and its products to Saudi Arabia. In September of this year, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, Tereza Cristina, was in that country negotiating the opening of the market for Brazilian agricultural products.

The following have been authorized to export: Frigorífico Fortefrigo (Paragominas, Pará), Frigorífico Better Beef (Rancharia, São Paulo), Rio Grande Comércio de Carnes Ltda (Imperatriz, Maranhão), Plena Alimentos (Pará de Minas, Minas Gerais), Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos Supremo (Ibirité, Minas Gerais), Frigol (São Félix do Xingu, Pará), Maxi Beef Alimentos do Brasil (Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais), and Distriboi – Indústria, Comércio e Transporte de Carne Bovina (Ji-Paraná, Rondônia).

According to the minister, the qualification of new refrigerators is the result of President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia. “This is part of all the opening that the Ministry of Agriculture has been doing together with the federal government,” said Tereza Cristina, adding that “this is great news to start the week off well.”

In 2018, exports of Brazilian agricultural products to Saudi Arabia yielded US$1.7bn. There were more than 2.9m tons. Chicken meat represented 47.4% of the value sold (US$804m and 486,000 tons). The main products exported to the Saudis are chicken (in natura), cane sugar (raw), beef (in natura), soy (grain and bran), corn, refined sugar, and coffee (soluble and green).

The following chart, made from Datamar DataLiner data, shows Brazilian meat exports to Saudi Arabia since 2016:

Fonte: DataLiner/Datamar

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