Chicken meat exports of Brazil increases

However, among those who remained, there were some significant changes. For example, Japan, second in 2020, reduced its purchases by almost 4%, thus dropping to third place. And whoever switched positions with Japan was – nothing more, nothing less – than Saudi Arabia. From those who expected a strong drop in imports, but increased the volume imported by more than 12%, generating an increase in revenue close to 30%. Equally significant are the rises of South Africa (+26.95%), the Philippines (+85.57%) and the Netherlands (+10.04%). Note, however, that the revenue of the latter exceeds that of the other two countries. Furthermore, the rise of the Netherlands from 10th to 7th position is the best sign of a return to normality on the European continent (in 13th and 14th positions, the United Kingdom and Russia, for example, increased their imports by more than 40%) . In the opposite direction, that is, with lower volume and revenue than a year ago, the highlight is concentrated in ...