Export quantity grew by means of 9.8%
Brazilian beef exports, together with all merchandise, each recent and processed, ended 2023 with a file efficiency, totalling 1.229 million heaps, in line with a contemporary marketplace file from the Brazilian Animal Protein Affiliation (ABPA). The end result exceeds the entire quantity shipped in 2022 by means of 9.8%, with 1.120 million heaps.
On the subject of earnings, world beef gross sales reached US$2.818 billion within the 12 months of 2023, a file quantity that exceeds by means of 9.5% the stability reached in 2022, with US$2.572 billion.
“The end result confirms the projections established by means of ABPA for 2023, in a yr marked by means of fluctuations in manufacturing prices and the hunt to recuperate profitability within the process,” mentioned Ricardo Santin, president of ABPA. “Given the outlet of recent markets for Brazilian beef and the great expectancies in regards to the behaviour of conventional locations for Brazilian merchandise, it’s anticipated that the degrees completed over the last yr shall be maintained this yr.”
The field’s exports closed December with a good end result. In overall, 110.9 thousand heaps have been shipped within the month, up 7.9% than the 102.8 thousand heaps exported in the similar duration in 2022.
On the subject of earnings, beef exports totalled US$231.5 million, a stability 8.8% not up to the outcome recorded in December 2022, with US$253.8 million.
China, the biggest importer of beef in Brazil, bought 388.6 thousand heaps of the product all through 2023, a bunch 15.6% not up to the entire shipped to the rustic in the similar duration of 2022.
Gross sales to Hong Kong totalled 126.6 thousand heaps (+29.3%), adopted by means of the Philippines, with 126 thousand heaps (+58.8%), Chile, with 87.5 thousand heaps (+44.2%), Singapore, with 64.3 thousand heaps (+16.2%), Uruguay, with 49.1 thousand heaps (+11.9%), Vietnam, with 47.8 thousand heaps (+4.8%) and Japan, with 40.3 thousand heaps (+46.9%).
“The yr 2023 ends for beef exports with the affirmation of a motion famous, specifically, all through the second one part of the yr, because of the affect of the consequences of the diversification of export locations at the ultimate results of the yr,” mentioned Luís Rua, ABPA markets director. “That is very true in the case of nations in Asia and the Americas.”
Santa Catarina leads the yr’s shipments with 663.3 thousand heaps (+10.05%), adopted by means of Rio Grande do Sul, with 280.9 thousand heaps (+5.07%). Paraná, with 169.9 thousand heaps (7.61%), Mato Grosso, with 31.1 thousand heaps (+44.1%) and Mato Grosso do Sul, with 24.8 thousand heaps (+19.44%) .