At the end of the first quarter of the year, the slaughter of pigs increased by 7.2% in relation to the same period of the previous year, going from 12721000 to 13637038 head (cb). Likewise, pork production increased by 6.7% in the same period, reaching 1,244 thousand tons (mt). Regarding exports, we can see that they reached 232 mt in the first quarter of the year, a value that represents a drop of 6.7% in relation to the same period of the previous year (249 mt).
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The main exported products corresponded to frozen meats with a value of 89%, followed by offal and boneless legs, which represented 6.5% and 2.3% of the general total, respectively. On the other hand, we have that imports grew 140% compared to the first quarter of 2021, from 0.8 mt to 1.9 mt. As the item corresponding to pork fat, in addition to participating with 51.3% of the general total, it had an increase of 236.7%. Next comes salted or brine pork and frozen offal, with values of 27.6% and 19.9% respectively. According to veterinarian and specialist Iuri Pinheiro Machado, based on data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), maintaining the averages of the first quarter, until the end of 2022, the slaughter of pigs will grow 2.99% compared to 2021 , reaching 54548000 cb. Likewise, a production of 4976 mt is projected, which would represent a growth of 1.75% in relation to the previous year and a per capita consumption of 19.2 Kg/inhabitant. In any ...
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