Brazil: Poultry industry in Rio Grande do Sul asks for government support to review export embargoes

The Rio Grande do Sul Poultry Organization (O.A.RS), which encompasses the Gaúcha Poultry Association (ASGAV) and the Rio Grande do Sul Poultry Products Industry Union (SIPARGS), is asking the state and federal governments for support for the review of embargoes that affect poultry exports from the state. Poultry farming in Rio Grande do Sul is crucial to national production, with an annual production of 3.8 billion eggs and 1.9 million tons of chicken meat. The sector exports, on average, 6.2 thousand tons of eggs and 740 million kilos of chicken meat per year, serving more than 120 countries. Furthermore, approximately 580 thousand people are directly or indirectly involved with poultry farming in the state, including 7,300 families of integrated broiler chicken producers and 300 small egg producers, generating employment and income in 260 municipalities. On August 2, the sector expressed its concern about the recently imposed embargoes, which block poultry exports from Rio ...