Brazilian Pork

Brazilian Pork - Studies and investments in pig farming positioned Brazil in fourth place in the ranking of world production and export of pork. Some elements such as health, nutrition, good management of the farm, integrated production and mainly managerial improvement of producers, contributed to increase the domestic supply and put the highlighted country on the world stage.

Brazilian experts also invested in genetic evolution of the species for 20 years, which has reduced by 31% beef fat, 10% of cholesterol and 14% of calories, making Brazilian pork more lean and nutritious as well as tasty. Consequence of investment, production has been growing at around 4% per year, and the states of Santa Catarina, Parana and Rio Grande do Sul major pork producers in the country. Currently, Brazil accounts for 10% of the exported pork volume in the world, reaching profit over $ 1 billion a year.

These factors point to a more satisfactory growth: it is estimated that pork production reaches an annual average of 2.84% in the period from 2008/2009 to 2018/2019, and their consumption, 1.79%. Regarding exports, the representative of the Brazilian market for pork will jump from 10.1% in 2008 to 21% in 2018/2019.

Brazilian pork exports (considering all products, in natura and processed) totaled a balance of US $ 814.7 million between January and June of 2017, 28.5% more than in the same period of last year, US $ 633.8 million. This is the best biannual foreign exchange performance of the only five years. In tons, the total accumulated in the first six months of 2017 reached 343.3 thousand tons, 2.8% less than in the same period of the previous year, of 353.3 thousand tons.

In June, shipments totaled 64.1 thousand tons, 4.6% more than in the sixth month of 2016, with 61.3 thousand tons. In revenue, the increase came to 26.9%, with US $ 156 million in the sixth month of this year and US $ 122.9 million in the same period of 2016.

Europe outside the European Union remains the main semester destination for pork shipments, with 138.6 thousand tonnes between January and June, 13.5% more than in the first six months of 2016. Secondly, Asia imported 118.4 thousand tons, - 22.3% decrease, according to the same comparative period. In third place, the countries of the Americas imported 51.1 thousand tons (+ 27%). Fourth, Africa was destined to 22.4 thousand tons (-7.8%).

The cuts were the main products imported in the first six months, with 289.9 thousand tons, the number equivalent to the one made in the first half of 2016. Of the total exports, 35.3 thousand tons (-4.4%) were exported; Of preparations, 4.7 thousand tons (+ 3.6%); 4,5 thousand tons (+ 9%); Of carcass, 3.8 thousand tons (-66.2%); Of fat, 3.4 thousand tons (-28.3%); Of gut, 893 tonnes (-32.9%); Of salted, 489 tons (+ 80%); And of hides and skins, 115 tons (+ 14.573%).