New deal opens marketplace for thermo-processed merchandise
29 September 2025
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The Brazilian Animal Protein Affiliation (ABPA) celebrated the announcement made on Friday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, concerning the opening of the Azerbaijani market to thermo-processed poultry and pork meat merchandise from Brazil.
The official announcement was made by Azerbaijani well being authorities, in discussions led by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, together with Secretaries Luis Renato Rua (Worldwide Relations) and Carlos Goulart (Agricultural Protection), and their technical groups. The end result represents a strategic advance for Brazil in a quickly increasing marketplace for animal protein consumption.
Per capita rooster meat consumption in Azerbaijan is round 15 kilograms per inhabitant, with 141,000 tons consumed domestically (2021 information), with projections indicating the opportunity of reaching as much as 152,000 tons in 2026. Final 12 months, the nation’s rooster meat imports reached 41,900 tons – a quantity 46% larger than that recorded in 2023 – with the bulk originating in Ukraine and Russia.
Traditionally, Brazil has already recorded important flows of rooster meat exports to Azerbaijan, which led to 2019 and resumed punctually in 2024. Within the case of pork, regardless of low consumption within the nation, Brazilian shipments accounted for almost all of imported volumes lately.
With the opening of thermo-processed merchandise, the manufacturing sector initiatives the gradual resumption of Brazil’s presence out there, with merchandise aligned with native necessities and the rising demand of the inhabitants.
In keeping with ABPA President Ricardo Santin, the opening expands prospects for entry to the Azerbaijani market.
“Brazil is recognised worldwide for the standard and security of its merchandise, which meet probably the most stringent worldwide requirements. This new opening thus reinforces our place as a strategic accomplice of Azerbaijan, at a time of constant progress in native demand,” he mentioned.
