Export quantity broke 100,000 ton barrier
11 February 2025
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Brazilian pork exports totalled 106,000 tons in January, in keeping with the Brazilian Animal Protein Affiliation (ABPA).
This quantity is 6.4% increased than the full shipped in the identical interval final 12 months, with 99,600 tons. That is the very best outcome within the historic collection for the month of January, and it’s the first time that the sector has recorded volumes above 100,000 tons for the interval.
Income from pork exports reached $238 million, 19.6% increased than the full obtained in the identical interval final 12 months, with $199 million.
China was the primary importer of pork within the month, with 19.8 thousand tons imported within the interval, a steadiness 14% decrease than within the earlier 12 months. Subsequent are the Philippines, with 19.5 thousand tons (+58%), Hong Kong, with 9.5 thousand tons (steady), Japan, with 8.1 thousand tons (+87%), Chile, with 7.7 thousand tons (-29%), Singapore, with 6.5 thousand tons (+26%), the US, 4.7 thousand tons (-9%), Argentina, with 4.4 thousand tons (+379%), Uruguay, with 3.7 thousand tons (+1%), Ivory Coast, with 3.3 thousand tons (+103%) and Vietnam, with 2.8 thousand tons (+127%).
“The Asian markets, led by the Philippines, are increasing their presence among the many major locations for Brazilian exports, sustaining the optimistic tendencies and better market capillarity recorded because the second half of final 12 months,” mentioned Ricardo Santin, ABPA president.
The principle exporting state, Santa Catarina, exported 57.9 thousand tons in January, a quantity 4.4% increased than that recorded in the identical interval of the earlier 12 months. Subsequent are Rio Grande do Sul, with 21.5 thousand tons (+1.7%), Paraná, with 13.1 thousand tons (+20.5%), Minas Gerais, with 3.4 thousand tons (+84%) and Mato Grosso, with 3.3 thousand tons (+26.9%).
