Meat slaughter grows in Q2

According to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), cattle slaughter in the second quarter of the year reached 8.08m, 2.4% growth compared to the first quarter of 2019 and 4.1% in comparison to the same time last year. These are the first results of the Livestock Production Statistics, released today (08/14).

The study has also shown an increase in pig slaughter and chicken egg production. The number of pigs slaughtered is at 11.39m, up 5.1% and 0.7% from the first quarter and the second quarter of 2018, respectively. The production of chicken eggs was 930.93m dozens, an increase of 5.8% and 2% in these same comparisons.

Chicken slaughtering, milk procurement, and leather procurement also rose over the same period last year, but fell compared to the first quarter of the year.

There were 1.43bn chickens slaughtered, an increase of 3.6% compared to the second quarter of 2018 and retraction of 1.5% compared to the first quarter of 2019.

The acquisition of raw milk by establishments operating under some type of sanitary inspection in the second quarter of 2019 was 5.86bn liters, an increase of 7.1% compared to the volume registered in the same period of 2018. On the other hand, there was a decrease of 5.4% in relation to the amount captured in the first quarter of this year.

The tanneries investigated by the survey reported receiving 8.39m whole pieces of leather in the second quarter. This amount represents a 1% increase compared to the second quarter of 2018 and a 1.1% decrease compared to the first quarter.

The definitive and state results of the Livestock Production Statistics will be released on September 12.

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