Importation of hams and sausages to Brazil

The ICEX has published a report on the 'Regulation for the importation of hams and sausages in Brazil 2022', prepared by Paloma María Montes Villar and under the supervision of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Brasilia. The objective of the study is none other than to analyze the Brazilian market for ham and sausages to publicize its current situation and detect opportunities for the future. Spanish agri-food products are perceived in Brazil as a matter of quality. However, despite this, Spanish sausages still do not have the recognition that ham does. This is mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the existence of products such as loin, salami or chorizo. In 2021, imports of ham to Brazil amounted to 845,000 dollars and more than 98% of them came from Spain. Those of sausages, on the other hand, amounted to 4 million dollars and 28% had Spanish origin. Spanish ham is known in Brazil as 'presumed cru', a name that encompasses all cured hams in any of ...