Paranaguá ships 38% of Brazil’s total chicken exports

More than 38% of all frozen chicken exported by Brazil in in the first five months of 2019, left the country via the Port of Paranaguá (PR). During this period, total chicken sales stood at 1.6m tons, of which 637,600 tons were shifted via Paraná. Paraná remains the main exporter of the commodity, followed by Santa Catarina which shipped 626,900 tons during the same period.

Data from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) showed that Brazil’s chicken exports were 3.6% higher year-on-year by volume and 6.3% more by revenue. In Paraná, these growth figures were 10.6% and 13.6% respectively. Chicken exports via Paranaguá originate mainly in Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina. The main destinations are China, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.

In Paranaguá, the number of reefer containers for transporting chicken grew 328% year-on-year between January and May 2019, to 19,484 units. In the same period last year, there were only 4,553 units.

Record growth

In May, TCP recorded record turnover of reefer containers at 8,442 units, breaking the previous monthly record of 8,236 units registered in June 2017. The cumulative total for the year so far stands at 35,369 units. It is worth remembering that TCP has the largest reefer outlet park in the country.

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