Brazil chicken exports dip year-on-year, rebound from June
Trade recovers after bird flu curbs lifted in key markets
13 August 2025
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By: Brazilian chicken meat exports (considering all products, both fresh and processed) totalled 399.7 thousand tons in July, according to a recent press release from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA).
The number is 13.8% lower than that recorded in the same period last year (with shipments of 463.7 thousand tons in July 2024) but, at the same time, it exceeds by 16.4% the total exported in June this year (with 343.4 thousand tons).
Revenue recorded in July reached US$737.8 million, a balance 17% lower than the previous year (US$889.2 million), but 15.8% higher compared to June, US$637 million.
"There has been a notable reestablishment of trade with many nations that had suspended imports due to an isolated and now resolved case of Avian Influenza on a commercial farm," said ABPA president Ricardo Santin. "Comparatively, over 50,000 tons have been added to our flow, a number that is expected to expand in the coming months as negotiations are consolidated and all markets reopen."
In the year (January to July), Brazilian chicken meat exports totaled 3 million tons, a figure 1.7% lower than that recorded in the same period last year, with 3.052 million tons.
In terms of revenue, the accumulated balance reached US$5.609 billion, a result 1.5% higher than last year, with US$5.525 billion.
The main destination for Brazilian chicken meat exports, the United Arab Emirates, imported 51.7 thousand tons in July, a balance 33.6% higher than the amount shipped in the same period last year, with 38.7 thousand tons. Next are Japan, with 42.9 thousand tons (-9.3%), Mexico, with 36.4 thousand tons (+45.6%), Saudi Arabia, with 31.4 thousand tons (+19.7%), Angola, with 16.1 thousand tons (+68.7%), Singapore, with 13.6 thousand tons (+8.8%), the United Kingdom, with 12.7 thousand tons (+84.3%), Kuwait, with 11.6 thousand tons (+13.3%), Ghana, with 10.9 thousand tons (+131.1%), and Hong Kong, with 10.2 thousand tons (+72.5%).
Brazil's largest exporting state, Paraná, shipped 152,100 tons in July, a 19.2% decrease compared to the same period last year. Next are Santa Catarina, with 95,300 tons (-7.6%), Rio Grande do Sul, with 46,200 tons (-22.5%), São Paulo, with 26,800 tons (+3.8%), and Goiás, with 22,800 tons (+4.2%).
