Right after Russia
andHong Kong,
major markets, China
is gainingmomentum
in 2016 among the
importers of pork
fromBrazil
Eastern
attraction
Ainda cresceram as aquisições de pa-
íses da América Latina: Chile (216%), Ar-
gentina (119%) e Uruguai (32%). “Exce-
to Venezuela e Angola, quase não houve
retrações entre os importadores da carne
suína do Brasil e, de forma geral, o saldo
de vendas foi bastante positivo, em espe-
cial nos mercados chinês e sul-america-
no”, afirmou o dirigente da ABPA. Sobre
a China, o maior produtor e consumidor
mundial, a Confederação da Agricultura e
Pecuária do Brasil (CNA) ainda observou
que “a produção interna de carne suína so-
freu drástica redução por questões relati-
vas à legislação ambiental, aumentando a
dependência externa para se abastecer, o
que deverá favorecer o incremento grada-
tivo das exportações brasileiras”.
East is themain destination of Brazilianpig
meat, fourth largest exporter, which in 2016
experienced an increase in sales, hitting the
record and, in addition, attracting more mar-
kets in the Eastern countries. Up until Octo-
ber, the numbers had already outstripped the
numbers of the entire previous year, up 38.1%
from the first 10months and, at the end of the
period, could even exceed 700 thousand tons,
according to the projections by the Brazilian
Association of Animal Protein (ABPA). There-
fore, the volume shipped abroad (83% in the
modality of cuts)was supposed to reach about
one fourth of the total production, while in
2015 this share corresponded to 15.2%.
In 2015, exports had reacted, to 555 thou-
sand tons, although remaining below the pre-
viously estimated 600 thousand tons, which
had already been surpassed in 2005, 2007 and
2009, remaining close to the volumes export-
ed back in 2012. The result expected in 2016,
according to Francisco Turra, executive presi-
dent of the ABPA, was based on the behavior
of the market in the second half of the year,
when average shipments per month soared to
65 thousand tons, while in the first half of the
year, it was 58 thousand tons.
Revenue was also higher in 2016. In 2015
there had been a decrease in this item from the
previous period (about 20% in dollars), the val-
ue ascertained from January to October in the
next year (US$ 1.208 billion), was up 13.4%
and, in Brazilian currency (R$ 4.182 billion),
it was 19.5% up from the previous number.
In view of the difficulty to pass on to the con-
sumers the high production costs in domestic
sales, the solution consisted in expanding sales
abroad, resulting into a certainbalance, says Rui
Vargas, technical vice-president at the ABPA.
A novelty in the foreign operations, says
Vargas, was the vigorous step taken by China
opting for becoming a relevant buyer, and in
2016 this country ranked as third biggest im-
porter, coming right after Russia and Hong
Kong, leading markets, compared to the pre-
vious year when this country occupied the
11th position. Up until October, the Asian gi-
ant had acquired 75.4 thousand tons of Brazil-
ian pigmeat, up 2,400% from the volume pur-
chased in the first 10 months, and purchases
by Russia did not alter much (up 3%), while
the purchases by the second biggest buyer,
Hong Kong, soared 45%, while another rele-
vant Eastern market, Singapore, was recover-
ing space and purchased 20%more.
Other countries that showed progress in
their acquisitions were from Latin America:
Chile (216%), Argentina (119%) and Uruguay
(32%).With the exceptionof Venezuela andAn-
gola, there were almost no decreases among
the importers of Brazilian pork and, in general,
the balance of trade was positive, especially in
theChinese and South-Americanmarkets”, said
the ABPA official. About China, the biggest glob-
al producer and consumer, the Brazilian Con-
federation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA)
also observed that “the domestic production of
pork suffered a drastic reduction for matters re-
lated to the environmental legislation, putting
pressure on foreign dependence as far as sup-
ply goes, a fact that should gradually favor the
rising trend for Brazilian exports.
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Principais destinos/2015
Fonte:
ABPA/Secex
Países
Volume Variação
(T) s/2014 (%)
Rússia
243.651
30,6
Hong Kong
123.733
11,6
Angola
35.570
-32,0
Singapura
28.080
-13,0
Uruguai
22.750
9,2
Argentina
10.913
37,1
Venezuela
9.949
142,7
Chile
8.299
-0,8
Georgia
7.432
-13,7
Emirados Árabes
6.050
13,9
China
5.225
520,2
CLIENTELAS
Clients
Exportações de carne
suína brasileira
Ano
Valor Volume
(US$ milhões) (Mil t)
2013
1.359
517
2014
1.606
505
2015
1.279
555
Fonte:
ABPA/Secex
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