Brazil ships 44.3% more pork in April

Data from ABPA, Brazil’s Animal Protein Association, shows the country’s pork exports reached 58,100 tons in April 2019, up 44.3% from 40,200 tons registered in the same month last year. April shipments generated US$119.7m in export revenues, up 27.6% year-on-year.

Exportações de carne suína crescem em volume e faturamento no acumulado de 2019 https://t.co/oGN26OmV2O pic.twitter.com/ISEBDE9A4g

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Brazilian pork exports increased by 10.29% to 215,700 tons considering the first four months of 2019, compared to the same time period in 2018, generating US$418.1m, up 2.2% year-on-year.

Asia remained Brazil’s primary pork consumer between January and April with China importing 23.3% of Brazil’s total pork exports, followed by Hong Kong with 22.1% and Russia with 10.1%.

DatamarNews reported the Chinese government authorized Brazilian pork meat exporters to ship edible pork fat to meet increased local demands resulting from the African swine fever outbreak in the country. Due to the outbreak, the Asian giant is in danger of having a pork processing supply deficit of as much as 2m tons by the end of 2019.

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