Brazil negotiates increase in chicken exports to the UK

Published Sep 29, 2021

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The Brazilian government is in talks with the UK to increase chicken export quotas, with the aim to raise the processed products quota by around 16,000 tons and the in natura quota by around 6,000 tons. Currently, Brazil can export 26,800 tonnes of processed products and nearly 41,000 tonnes of raw protein for processing to the UK. The Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) represents large meatpackers such as BRF and JBS and also announced efforts to start pork exports to Canada. Despite facing a rise in corn and soybean prices, which increase the cost of feed, the chicken and pork production and exports in Brazil are expected to grow.

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by Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian government is negotiating an increase in chicken export quotas to the United Kingdom, said the president of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), Ricardo Santin, at a press conference this Wednesday. Under the current quota system, Brazil, the world's largest exporter of chicken, can sell 26,800 tonnes of products such as nuggets and hamburgers to the United Kingdom in one year, in addition to nearly 41,000 tonnes of raw protein for processing in that destination , said the executive. The ongoing negotiations aim to increase the quota of processed products by around 16 thousand tons and the in natura quota by around 6 thousand tons, according to the association. Santin said local companies are ready to immediately increase supplies if negotiations are successful. “At a time when England is facing a shortage of products, this is the best contribution that Brazil can make,” he said. The Ministry of Agriculture did not ...

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