As soon as once more, the nationwide pig herd reached a report 44.4 million head, after a expansion of four.3% in comparison to the former version of the survey.
In spite of the difficulties confronted via the trade, particularly with prime manufacturing prices, the expansion within the choice of sows and pigs, in addition to in pig slaughter (a report in 2022), persevered to be pushed via beef exports, which reached the second one perfect end result within the sequence in 2022. China remains to be the principle vacation spot, however with a smaller percentage of the whole quantity exported, in keeping with Secex information. Home intake additionally persevered to develop (7.8%), attaining 18 pounds in step with capita.
The 3 major federative gadgets on the subject of cattle are those who make up the Southern Area, so on the subject of pig farming, this area is the chief a few of the Main Areas, a place it has held because the starting of the survey sequence, and in 2022 it used to be liable for 51.9% of the whole choice of animals. Santa Catarina leads with 22.1% of the nationwide herd, which is identical to 9.8 million head, adopted via Paraná with 15.8%, and Rio Grande do Sul with 13.9%. No longer coincidentally, those also are the states, in the similar order, with the best choice of pigs slaughtered within the nation.
In fourth position is Minas Gerais (12.7%) and Mato Grosso in 5th (6.6%) – and the Southeast and Midwest seem to be the following biggest manufacturing areas after the South, with 16.6% and 14.1% of the whole, respectively.
Toledo (Paraná) as soon as once more had the most important municipal herd, adopted via Uberlândia (Minas Gerais), Marechal Cândido Rondon (Paraná), Tapurah (Mato Grosso), and Concórdia (Santa Catarina) rounding off the listing of the highest 5 municipalities, which in combination account for three.1 million animals.
September 21, 2023/ IBGE/ Brazil.
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