Cepea: chicken meat gains competitiveness against pork in the wholesale market of Greater São Paulo

Chicken meat gained competitiveness against pork in September in the wholesale market of Greater São Paulo for the fifth consecutive month, according to the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea). "This movement reflects the devaluation of poultry protein in recent months, mainly due to the avian influenza episode in a commercial farm in May, and the firmness of pork prices in the same period," Cepea highlighted in a report on the market. According to the research center, last month, chilled whole chicken was traded at 5.93 reais per kilo below the special pork carcass, a difference 1.2% higher than that observed in August. "The national context of high domestic supply of chicken meat and the consequent sharp drop in prices - especially between May and June, when the chilled product showed a 13.4% devaluation due to restrictions imposed by importers on Brazilian meat - were determining factors for the gain in competitiveness of poultry protein in September." The ...