Avian flu in the world should boost demand for chicken from Brazil in 2023, says ABPA

By Nayara Figueiredo and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - After records of volume and revenue from chicken exports last year, Brazil should continue to see heated external demand for the meat in 2023 due to the advances of avian flu around the world, which tend to reduce the supply of the product in the global market, said the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) this Tuesday. "Avian Influenza is very heavy in the United States, Europe with many cases... Japan has also been very affected", said to Reuters the president of the ABPA, Ricardo Santin. Japan's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday that the country plans to cull more than 10 million chickens because of the spread of bird flu, a record for the peak infection season from October to May. Brazil has never registered cases of the disease, said the ABPA, which contributed to a gain in competitiveness against competitors with health problems. He still believes that the increase in production costs in Europe with ...