Income exceeded $3 billion for the primary time
10 January 2025
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Surveys by the Brazilian Animal Protein Affiliation (ABPA) present that Brazilian pork exports totalled 1.352 million tons between January and December 2024, setting a brand new document for the sector, in line with a year-end market report from the affiliation.
The quantity exceeds the full exported in 2023 by 10%, with 1.229 million tons.
The sector’s annual export income exceeded the $3 billion mark for the primary time. In complete, $3.033 billion was obtained from exports in 2024, a steadiness 7.6% increased than that achieved within the earlier 12 months, with $2.818 billion.
On the finish of 2024, pork shipments totaled 109.5 thousand tons, a determine 1.3% decrease than in the identical interval of the earlier 12 months, with 110.9 thousand tons. By way of income, there was a powerful enhance of 11.6%, with $258.3 million within the final month of 2024, in opposition to $231.5 million in the identical interval of the earlier 12 months.
Amongst export locations, the Philippines ended the 12 months taking first place, with 254.3 thousand tons between January and December 2024, a determine 101.8% increased than that achieved in 2023. Subsequent are China, with 241 thousand tons (-38%), Chile, with 113 thousand tons (+29.1%), Hong Kong, with 106.9 thousand tons (-15.5%), Japan, with 93.4 thousand tons (+131.6%), Singapore, with 79.1 thousand tons (+23%), Vietnam, with 52.5 thousand tons (+9.7%), Uruguay, with 46.6 thousand tons (-5.2%), and Mexico, with 42.8 thousand tons (+49.9%).
“The sector closed 2024 with a big enhance within the capillarity of its exports, considerably rising income from shipments and elevating the month-to-month common of shipments by greater than 10 thousand tons,” stated Ricardo Santin, ABPA president. “The indications stay optimistic in 2025, with an inclination to take care of movement to Asian international locations and the Americas.”
Santa Catarina closed 2024 as the biggest exporter of pork in Brazil, with 730.7 thousand tons (+10.1%), adopted by Rio Grande do Sul, with 289.9 thousand tons (+3.2%), Paraná, with 185.5 thousand tons (+9.1%), Mato Grosso, with 37.9 thousand tons (+22%) and Mato Grosso do Sul, with 29.2 thousand tons (+17.97%).
