Brazil: Foreign exchange revenue from chicken meat in five months is a third higher than that of the same period in 2021
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Published Jun 18, 2022
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SECEX/ME data covering the four main exported chicken meat items (whole chicken, chicken cuts, industrialized and salted chicken meat) indicate, for May 2022, shipments of 418.5 thousand tons, a volume 5.5 % higher than that recorded in the same month last year. It was also the third-largest monthly volume ever recorded in the sector, falling just short of the 440,500 tons of July 2015 and the 454,800 tons of July 2018.
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SECEX/ME data covering the four main exported chicken meat items (whole chicken, chicken cuts, industrialized and salted chicken meat) indicate, for May 2022, shipments of 418.5 thousand tons, volume 5.5 % higher than that recorded in the same month last year. It was also the third largest monthly volume ever recorded in the sector, falling just short of the 440,500 tons of July 2015 and the 454,800 tons of July 2018. As the average price for the month also recorded a strong appreciation (a third more than in May 2021 and a value above US$2,000/ton), the biggest reflection fell on foreign exchange revenue, which registered an annual increase of more than 38% and surpassed US$888 million, an unprecedented result in the history of Brazilian chicken meat exports. In the first five months of 2022, the volume shipped – just over 1.927 million tons – increased by 7.5% compared to the same previous period, while revenue – of almost US$3.687 ...
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