Abiec: Brazil will maintain its leadership in beef exports.

The Brazilian livestock market is facing restrictions in the supply of animals ready for slaughter and calves. The situation is similar in other countries, especially in the United States, the European Union, and Asia, noted Luc Vian, Market Intelligence Manager of the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (Abiec), at TecnoCarne, held last week in São Paulo. Vian said this situation opens up opportunities for Brazilian beef. "The country will maintain its undisputed leadership as the world's leading exporter of beef, as the US currently has the smallest herd in the last 60 years, while the European Union has fewer cattle for slaughter than in 30 years," he emphasized. Gabriel Morelli Ribeiro, Market Manager of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), pointed out that the markets for pork and poultry are also favorable. "Our competitors are facing sanitary problems with swine fever, for example. And consumer markets are suffering from this, representing opportunities for Brazil." "The Brazilian meatpacking industry has consolidated itself over the last few decades as one of the main pillars of the national economy and a world reference in the production and export of animal proteins," highlighted the president of the Brazilian Association of Meatpacking Plants (Abrafrigo), Paulo Mustefaga. "Currently, the sector faces the challenge of balancing the expansion of exports with the reduction of dependence on large buyers, such as China." 

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.