September 13, 2013

Brazil's August pork export down 4.34% on-year

In August, Brazil exported 52,341 tonnes of pork, down 4.34% over the same month in 2012, while revenue of US$132.85 million was down 1.17%, with average price increased by 3.31% compared to August last year.

Over the year, exports have reached 343,293 tonnes, a fall of 6.66% compared to the same period last year, with revenue of US$889.25 million, down 4.40%.

The drop in sales in August compared to the same period in 2012, is mainly due to operational problems and not to difficult markets, the head of the internal market of the Brazilian Association of Producers and Exporters of Meat swine (ABIPECS) Jurandi Soares Machado said.

He said that there were delays in ships that carried the pork to Hong Kong but the expectation for the remainder of the year is optimistic. He added that the industry already has information that shipments in September are increasing.

Russia remained the main destination for Brazilian pork, with a 27.65% share of exports in the year, followed by Hong Kong, with 23.68% and Ukraine with 13.64%.

Russia is the main sales for Brazilian pork with 31.36% in sales, Hong Kong has 22.11% and Ukraine 14.85%.

Ukraine led the way with 24.31% of exports in August, while Russia was second with 23.85%. Russia had 29.15% of the sales and Ukraine 26.58%. Brazilian pork exports to Russia for the year were 94,936 tonnes worth US$278.87 million, up 16.02% in volume and 18.20% in value over the same period in 2012.

In August, shipments to Russia fell by 12.36% in volume to 12,481 tonnes although there was a 1.63% increase in revenue, compared to August last year.

The Ukrainian market, which was closed for much of the first half of this year, saw a fall in sales of 43.74% in volume from January to August to 46,823 tonnes, compared to the same period of 2012. In August, sales were up by 8.96% to 12,724 tonnes and 25.68% in value to US$35.31 million.

Sales to Hong Kong reached 81,276 tonnes in the year, down 1.81% compared to the same period of 2012. In August, the fall was greater by 14.14% to 8,891 tonnes and 16.46% in revenue to US$20.53 million.