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Data from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), based on data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex), show how Brazilian pork exports - including both fresh and processed products - during the first quarter of 2025, reached 336.8 thousand tons, 16.4% higher than in the first three months of 2024, when 289.4 thousand tons were exported.
In terms of revenue, the total reached US$789 million, 32% higher than the first quarter of last year, which was US$597.7 million.
For the month of March, exports reached 116,300 tons, 26.6% more than in the same month of 2024, when 91,900 tons were shipped.
Among the main destinations in March, the Philippines remained the leading market, with 27 thousand tons shipped, a volume 85% higher than that recorded in the same month of 2024. Other outstanding destinations include China, with 14.1 thousand tons (-27.3%), Hong Kong, with 12.5 thousand tons (+68.2%), Japan, with 9.8 thousand tons (+83.4%), Chile, with 8.4 thousand tons (+12.7%), Singapore, with 6 thousand tons (+23, 6%), Uruguay, with 5.2 thousand tons (+55.9%), Mexico, with 4.6 thousand tons (no comparison, recently opened market), Argentina, with 4.5 thousand tons (+504%), and Liberia, with 2.3 thousand tons (+710.2%).
Among the exporting states, Santa Catarina continues to lead, with 58.5 thousand tons exported in March (+8.6% compared to the same period last year), followed by Rio Grande do Sul, with 25.3 thousand tons (+35.2%), Paraná, with 19.4 thousand tons (+90.8%), Minas Gerais, with 2.8 thousand tons (+81.7%) and Mato Grosso, with 3 thousand tons (+25.7%).
April 7, 2025/ ABPA/ Brazil.
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