The production and global trade of beef
will continue rising in 2016, but at a seeming-
ly stable pace. The information comes from
the first bulletin on the production and glob-
al trade of food, published by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Na-
tions (FAO), in early June. Considering the
four main types of meat, according to volume,
(pork, poultry, beef and sheep), global pro-
duction should keep stable at approximately
321million tons, up only 0.3% from2015.
Analyzed separately, in 2016 beef will
have the best production performance in
three years, outstripping the 2014 numbers.
According to FAO sources, the world is sup-
posed to produce 68.4 million tons of beef,
up 0.8% from 2015 (67.9 million tons) and
6% more than in 2014 (68 million). From
the global trade point of view, there will be
an increase of 1.3%, with shipments of a to-
tal of 9.3 million tons, compared to 9.1 mil-
lion in 2015. The global performance, nev-
ertheless, is on a rising trend, seeing that
2014 was a year in which Brazil reached an
all-time record in exports, the considerable
amount of 9.6 million tons of bovine meat
circulated around the world.
Everything looking favorable
Estimates point to slight advances in the production and global market
of beef throughout 2016, with the best performance among all types of meat
At their projections, FAO officials also sug-
gest that per capita consumption of meat (also
considering poultry, pork and sheep) should
remain stagnated, suffering no changes for
three years in a row. As to international prices,
the trend is for them to recede for the second
year in a row. If in comparison to 2015 they
may drop 15%, in comparison to 2014 they
will fall more than 25%. The institution has it
that the global economic crisis prevents any
significant increases in production and con-
sumption of beef, while, on the other hand,
the change of eating habits in countries that
recently experienced an economic boom, es-
pecially in Asia, Africa and in the Americas, the
demand for animal protein tends to soar.
Bovine protein will represent 21.68% of
the total of the four types of meat under anal-
ysis. In terms of global trade, beef represents
30.3%. Brazil should keep its status as glob-
al leader in beef sales, with a volume ranging
from1.45million to 1.75million tons.
FAO officials maintain that no
big advances are possible because
of the global economic crisis
Sílvio Ávila
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Ranking de países exportadores de carne bovina
FORNECEDORES
Suppliers
Fonte:
USDA. – * 26 países.
Posição País
Produção
Participação
(Mil t. eq.
%
carcaça)
1º
Brasil
1.940
21,1
2º
Índia
1.750
19,0
3º
Austrália
1.545
16,8
4º
Estados Unidos
1.043
11,3
5º
Nova Zelândia
536
5,8
6º
Uruguai
415
4,5
7º
Paraguai
325
3,5
8º
Canadá
325
3,5
9º
União Europeia
270
2,9
10º
Demais países *
1.053
11,6
Exportação total
9.202
100,0
Maiores consumidores mundiais de carne bovina
DEVORADORES
Consumers
Fonte:
USDA. – * 52 países.
Posição País
Produção
Participação
(Mil t. eq.
%
carcaça)
1º
Estados Unidos
11.014
19,3
2º
Brasil
8.000
14,0
3º
União Europeia
7.840
13,8
4º
China
6.198
10,9
5º
Argentina
2.620
4,6
6º
Rússia
2.392
4,2
7º
Índia
2.200
3,9
8º
México
1.810
3,2
9º
Paquistão
1.552
2,7
10º
Demais Países*
13.335
26,6
Consumo Total
56.961
100,0
