Brazil: Angus sets new beef export record

Certified Angus Beef reached a new export record. The total shipped to the foreign market throughout 2022 reached the mark of 1,880 tons, according to data compiled by the Brazilian Association of Angus and released this month after the year's final balance sheet at the entity's board meeting. The amount is 102% higher than consolidated in 2021, when shipments totaled 934.01 tons. “This result is motivated by the increase in shipments to China and countries in the Middle East”, says the president of the Management Committee of the Certified Angus Beef Program, Nivaldo Dzyekanski, also highlighting the opening of the market to Malaysia, Portugal and Thailand and the sale of other types of products, such as the original entrails, sausages and hamburgers. China, which recently resumed shipments of Brazilian beef after suspension due to an unusual case of mad cow disease, continues to be the main destination for Certified Angus Beef. Alone, it accounted for 81% of the total exported ...