January 4, 2012

Brazil's pork export remains steady

The volume of Brazil's pork exports in November stays at the previous year's figures while its value in US dollar increased more than 13%.

The latest figures from ABIPECS reveal that Brazil exported 43,039 tonnes of pork in November, which was marginally up on the same month last year. The average price per ton in US dollars - US$3,035 - was 13.4% higher than a year ago. The value of export sales in November was US$130.6 million, almost 13.5% more than in November 2010.

For the year-to-date, the total volume of pork exported was 479,487 tonnes, down 5.0% compared to a year ago. The value of those exports, however, was 6.6% higher at almost US$1.331 billion. The average price of pig meat over the year to date was US$2,776 per tonnes, up 12.2% from a year ago.