Brazil 2024 chicken production and exports set to rise (updated)

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01/08/2024 14:40

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       SAO PAULO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Chicken production in
Brazil, the world's top supplier, is expected to grow by up to
1.8% this year and reach 15.1 million metric tons, meat lobby
ABPA, which represents processors including JBS  JBSS3.SA  and
BRF  BRFS3.SA , said on Thursday. 
    Brazilian chicken exports are likewise projected to rise by
as much as 2.2%, to 5.25 million tons if the most optimistic
projection is confirmed, even after a recent outbreak of
Newcastle disease in southern Brazil, which triggered temporary
trade bans that remain in place.
    Last week, the Brazilian government said the outbreak of
Newcastle disease had ended, adding it had notified the World
Organization for Animal Health that it was controlled.
    The government and local meat processors are now waiting for
the importers' approval to lift trade embargoes associated with
the outbreak, which was an isolated event in the southernmost
state of Rio Grande do Sul.  
    According to ABPA officials, Brazilian chicken exports
remain blocked nationwide to countries including China, Mexico
and Argentina.

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