Despite Suspensions, Chicken Meat Exports Remain Close to 400 Thousand-Ton Level

Brazilian chicken meat exports (including all products, both fresh and processed) reached 393.4 thousand tons in May, according to data from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA). This figure is 12.9% lower than the volume recorded in the same period last year, which was 451.6 thousand tons.

Export revenues for the period totaled USD 741.1 million, a 9.5% decrease compared to the same month last year when revenues reached USD 818.7 million.

“Even with suspensions imposed by around 20 markets, including some of the main destinations for Brazilian chicken meat exports, shipments remained close to 400 thousand tons. So far, the impact has been proportionally smaller than the historical relevance of the countries that applied the suspensions. This indicates that cargo redirection is taking place to keep international shipments flowing,” highlights ABPA President Ricardo Santin.

For the year-to-date period (January to May), the exported volume reached 2.256 million tons, a 4.8% increase compared to the same period last year, which totaled 2.152 million tons.
Meanwhile, export revenues for the first five months of this year totaled USD 4.234 billion, representing a 10.18% increase from the USD 3.842 billion recorded during the same period in 2024.

Among the markets that influenced May’s export performance were China, with imports of 35.8 thousand tons (a 28% year-over-year decrease), South Africa, with 25.5 thousand tons (a 20.5% decrease), and Mexico, with 16.6 thousand tons exported (an 18.8% decrease). At the same time, exports to the European Union grew by 46.2%, reaching 24.8 thousand tons during the month.

“The drop in shipped volumes occurred within the industry’s projections, considering the suspensions that followed the detection of an avian influenza outbreak at a commercial farm—a situation that has already been resolved. Sales to China, South Africa, and Mexico fell in line with expectations. As for the European Union, sales to that market had already been growing at a considerably strong pace, which explains the increase despite the voluntary suspension enacted in the second half of May,” explains ABPA President Ricardo Santin.

Source: Notícias Agrícolas

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