Brazil: Small and medium beef slaughterhouses seek support from the Ministry of Agriculture to expand exports

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Published Feb 26, 2023

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Small and medium-sized slaughterhouses want support from the federal government so that they can export more beef. The request was made by the Brazilian Association of Refrigerators (Abrafrigo) during a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, this Friday (24th), in Brasília. According to the entity, Brazil needs to intensify negotiations with the main meat importing markets to increase the number of slaughterhouses authorized to export.

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The entity also requested greater access for its members to international fairs and exhibitions, so that they can promote their products. “Brazilian beef exports, which reached revenues of US$ 13 billion and a volume of 2.34 million tons in 2022, are still highly concentrated in the hands of a few companies”, said the executive president of Abrafrigo, Paulo Mustefaga. According to him, slaughterhouses that operate predominantly in the domestic market are facing a crisis that has lasted for years, as a result of low economic growth, unemployment and the loss of the population's purchasing power, which has reduced the population's consumption. This scenario, he noted, was aggravated by the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. “It is necessary to give better opportunities to small and medium-sized companies so that they can operate in the foreign market, which is very favorable to Brazil, pointed out Mustefaga. Only then, he added, will they be able to compete with traditional export ...

Source: Agroemdia