Outras aves
Other birds
Produção e exportação brasileira
de carne de peru
Fonte:
ABPA/Secex
Produção Exportação
Valor
ANO
(t)
(mil t)
exportação
(US$milhões)
2010 337.000 157,8
424,5
2011 305.293 141,2
444,6
2012 442.208 179,0
500,4
2013 363.528 161,0
459,1
2014 326.627 126,6
332,2
2015 327.179 133,0
288,3
Pato acolá
Ducks around here
Exportações brasileiras
de Carne de pato
Fonte:
ABPA/Secex
Ano
Exportação Valor exportação
(mil t)
(US$milhões)
2010
4.212
11.687
2011
1.635
6.987
2012
3.063
11.208
2013
2.159
6.526
2014
9.460
12.835
2015
2.397
7.637
TheBrazilian turkey productionwas slight-
ly up from the 552 tons in 2015. The total rose
from 326,637 tons in 2014 to 327,189 tons,
according to the Brazilian Association of Ani-
mal Protein (ABPA). Over the past five years,
the biggest result, 442,208 tons, was achieved
in2012. The domestic and foreignmarkets ab-
With regard to
other birds that are
economically relevant,
the productionof
turkeys has remained
stable, and exports
of this type of meat
soared 5.9% in 2015
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change of
DUCKS
Besides broiler meat and turkey, the Country equally exports duck meat. According to ABPA
sources, duck exports reached 2,397 tones in 2015, down 74.7% from the 9,460 tons exported
the previous year. Revenue also decreased fromUS$ 12.835million in 2014 toUS$ 7.637million
in the following year. The State of Santa Catarina accounted for 99.5% of the volume shipped
abroad in 2015; and Rio Grande do Sul, for 0.5%. Exports of whole ducks represented 85.7% of
the total shipped in 2015. The share of cuts amounted to 13.8%; and industrialization, for 0.5%.
The farmers in Santa Catarina slaughtered 1.913 million ducks in 2015, from numbers re-
leased by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa). Up to 11th November
2016, the number of ducks slaughtered totaled 1.701million birds. Compared to Chicken, ducks
are more resistant to temperature changes. The birds are slaughtered when they are 40 days
old. Brazil did not export goosemeat nor Angolan chicken in 2014 and 2015, say ABPA officials.
sorbed 59% and 41% of this total production,
respectively, in 2015. The leading producers
are the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná,
which slaughtered 8.763 million birds and
8.291 million, respectively, in 2015, according
to sources from the Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa). The third
in number of turkeys slaughtered, 6.283 mil-
lion birds, is the State of Goiás.
The volume of turkey exported totaled
133 thousand tons in 2015, up 5.9% from the
amount shipped (125.6 thousand tons) in
the previous year. Revenue from the exports
amounted to US$ 288.3 million, down 13.2%
from the revenue brought in in 2014. Total
shipments comprised turkey cuts (62.77%),
industrialized meat (37.18%) and whole tur-
keys (0.05%). “The best export results were
achieved from April to August in 2015”, says
ABPA executive president Francisco Turra.
In 2015, the Brazilian states that account-
ed for turkey exports were Goiás (29.15%),
Paraná (27.49%), Santa Catarina (16.18%),
Minas Gerais (13.75%) and Rio Grande do Sul
(13.44%). The European Union outstripped
Africa as the leading importer of turkey meat
from Brazil. In all, the bloc purchased 57,100
tons of the product, up 10% from 2014. Afri-
ca, second main destination, absorbed 49,400
tones, down from the previous year. American
countries, ranking as third biggest buyers, im-
ported 15,100 tons (-38%).
Inor Ag. Assmann
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