Asia, Africa, and Europe increase imports of Brazilian chicken

According to ABPA (the Brazilian animal-protein association), sales of chicken meat to markets in Asia, Africa, and Europe maintained the increase in Brazilian exports last year.

As the main destination for chicken exports from Brazil, Asia imported 1.635 million tons in the 12 months of 2020, 5.8% more than the amount recorded in the same period of 2019. Also highlighted among the largest destinations (at 16.3% of the total exported amount), China imported 673,200 tons (+ 15%). Other highlights of the region, Singapore and Vietnam imported 124,200 tons (+ 27%) and 53,100 tons (+ 105%), respectively.

Consult the chart below for the main cuts of chicken exported to China in 2020:

Main Cuts of Chicken Exported from Brazil to China | Jan to Nov 2020 | WTMT

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555,700 tons of chicken meat were shipped to Africa during the year, a result 5.1% higher than in 2019. One of the highlights was Egypt, importing 58,700 tons (+ 15%).

252,200 tons were shipped to the European Union (the sixth main destination for Brazilian exports, considered as a single market), in 2020, an increase of 1% over the same period of 2019.

120,300 tons were shipped to the Extra-EU countries, last year, 10.1% more than in the same period in 2019. Russia is the highlight of the region, having imported 83,900 tons (+ 30%).

1.335 million tons were shipped to the Middle East in the 12 months of 2020, 5.7% less than in the same period in 2019. Yemen and Jordan imported 112,400 tons (+6.1%) and 56,800 tons (+ 18.9%), respectively.

Finally, 225,100 tons were shipped to the Americas in 2020, 15.5% less than the previous year.

“The strong figures in most of the chicken importing regions show the strong capillarity of Brazilian exports and reinforce the good expectations for shipments in 2021, with the recovery of import levels. This is the case especially to the main destinations in the Middle East, which registered an improvement in import levels in the last two months of 2020”, analyzes Ricardo Santin, President of ABPA.

As already disclosed by the association in the first week of January, Brazilian exports of chicken meat ended the year 2020 with an increase of 0.4% in relation to the previous year, with a total of 4.23 million tons shipped.

According to ABPA, 67 chicken-meat-exporting plants were certified in 2020 for countries such as South Korea, Philippines, Egypt, Bolivia, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, South Africa, Japan, and Canada.

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