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Cuts represent almost three quarters of chicken meat exported by Brazil in 2022

Frozen Chicken Cut
Brazil
Published Jun 25, 2022

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However, the appreciation of the product was much more significant than the increase in volume. Its average price in 2022 was around 24% higher than that recorded in the same five months of 2021. In May, specifically, it once again exceeded US$2,000.00/ton, standing at the best level in the last seven and a half years. The combination of these two positive performances obviously resulted in a significant increase in the product's foreign exchange revenue.

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It is almost 40% higher than a year ago and accounts for more than 70% of the US$3.686 billion in foreign exchange revenue earned in the period. In other words, if collections increased by US$924.6 million, the cuts contributed close to 80% of this increase. Whole chicken was the second main contributor to the increase observed in revenue, with an increase in value of almost 15% compared to January/May 2021. But this was achieved thanks to an increase of more than 23% in the average price of the product, since the volume shipped so far is close to 7% lower than in the same period last year. In relative values, the increase in revenue obtained by industrialized products and salted chicken meat was quite significant – of approximately 35% and 52%, respectively. But although their price is ...
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