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Halal protein exports in Brazil gain market

Brazil
Published Feb 10, 2021

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The halal protein market consolidates Brazil in the first position of exports of this segment to the Arab countries. Halal foods are produced according to "what is allowed" according to the Muslim religion and include, in addition to proteins, various foods, cosmetics, drugs, tourism, among others. The expectation is to earn US $ 3.2 trillion by 2024, according to data from the Africa Economic Foundation and Dinar Standard.

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Currently, the Islamic population on the planet is close to 1.8 billion and this community tends to grow 30% by 2050, reaching almost 2.8 billion Muslims on the planet, according to the Pew Research Center report. In 2020, almost 400 thousand tons of beef (revenue of US $ 1,302,641,520.00) and 1,900 million tonnes of chicken (US $ 2,395.20 million) were exported to the Arab countries and Asia. According to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), last year, the countries that most imported halal chicken meat were: Saudi Arabia (467.5 thousand tons), United Arab Emirates (303 thousand tons), South Africa (237.2 thousand t), Singapore (124.2 thousand with an increase of approximately 28%) and Yemen (112.4 thousand tons). According to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC), the destinations to which most halal beef was followed were: Egypt (127.5 thousand tons), Saudi Arabia (40.6 thousand tons), United Arab Emirates (40.4 thousand tons), Philippines ...
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