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Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Brazil egg exports to US spike after bird flu, ahead of tariff
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian total egg exports, including fresh and processed products, rose almost 305% to 5,259 metric tons in July, reflecting strong demand from the United States after its bird flu outbreak, according to data compiled by industry group ABPA on Monday. The U.S. turned to Brazil after bird flu reduced domestic egg supplies, raising prices and inflation. However, President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, including eggs, on August 6. In the first seven months of 2025, the U.S. was the main destination for Brazilian egg exports, with 18,976 tons shipped there in the period, representing a 1,419% rise and almost $41 million in sales, ABPA said. Despite strong U.S. demand for egg imports, the tariff on Brazilian food imports, including coffee, beef, and eggs, risks reducing trade. ABPA said it could not predict the impact of tariffs on the egg trade yet. "There exists the possibility of maintenance of the (trade) flow, as North American demand remains high in the face of the shortage of the product," Ricardo Santin, head of ABPA, said in the statement. Other major buyers of Brazilian eggs included Chile, Japan, and Mexico, the data showed. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Reuters
11-08-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Brazil egg exports to US spike after bird flu, ahead of tariff
SAO PAULO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian total egg exports, including fresh and processed products, rose almost 305% to 5,259 metric tons in July, reflecting strong demand from the United States after its bird flu outbreak, according to data compiled by industry group ABPA on Monday. The U.S. turned to Brazil after bird flu reduced domestic egg supplies, raising prices and inflation. However, President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, including eggs, on August 6. In the first seven months of 2025, the U.S. was the main destination for Brazilian egg exports, with 18,976 tons shipped there in the period, representing a 1,419% rise and almost $41 million in sales, ABPA said. Despite strong U.S. demand for egg imports, the tariff on Brazilian food imports, including coffee, beef, and eggs, risks reducing trade. ABPA said it could not predict the impact of tariffs on the egg trade yet. "There exists the possibility of maintenance of the (trade) flow, as North American demand remains high in the face of the shortage of the product," Ricardo Santin, head of ABPA, said in the statement. Other major buyers of Brazilian eggs included Chile, Japan, and Mexico, the data showed.
Reuters
21-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
In food inflation-hit Brazil, bird flu may offer some relief
BRASILIA, May 20 (Reuters) - Poultry trade bans triggered by a bird flu outbreak in Brazil may weigh on domestic chicken prices, offering some relief - if even short-lived - from the food inflation that has undermined the government's popularity, analysts said. Brazil, the world's largest poultry exporter, ships about a third of its chicken meat abroad, industry group ABPA said. And Rio Grande do Sul, where the first outbreak was identified, accounted for about 12% of chickens slaughtered last year, according to government data. The World Organisation for Animal Health on Wednesday encouraged the use of zoning, a method that focuses disease controls on affected regions rather than an entire country, to contain the disease's spread in Brazil while maintaining trade. But with dozens of countries suspending imports of all Brazilian chicken or shipments from Rio Grande do Sul, exporters are scrambling to redirect shipments. Major poultry producers such as BRF SA ( opens new tab and JBS SA ( opens new tab are likely to face short-term oversupply issues, analysts at brokerage XP told clients. Some of Brazil's exports will find new foreign buyers, but the domestic market is likely to absorb more supply, said Jose Carlos Hausknecht, a partner at consultancy MB Agro. The glut could depress prices depending on how long export restrictions last. "It should be a small and short-lived effect," he said. "Then things go back to normal." Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro, who first highlighted the outlook for lower domestic trade prices as trade bans came into effect, has since walked back the significance of that price impact. Food inflation has haunted the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, hurting his chances of re-election next year, as consumer prices rose 5.5% in the 12 months through April. Food prices, the heaviest component in the inflation basket, climbed 7.8% during the period, with poultry and egg prices surging 12.3%, according to statistics agency IBGE. Andre Braz, who tracks prices at think tank FGV Ibre, said it is still too early to forecast inflation relief, as poultry firms are also likely to reduce output if domestic prices fall below production costs. And any disinflationary impact would likely be marginal, said Adenauer Rockenmeyer, an economist and coordinator of the Agribusiness Forum at Sao Paulo's regional economics council. "And if this outbreak is not contained and spreads to other farms, it could lead to mass culling, affecting not only chicken but also egg supplies," he warned, which could eventually increase inflationary pressures.
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Brazil chicken exporters brace for cargo rejections amid bird flu outbreak
SAO PAULO, May 20 (Reuters) - Countries, including China, will not accept chicken consignments in transit from Brazil following confirmation of the country's first bird flu outbreak, Brazilian meat lobby ABPA, which represents large food processors, said on Tuesday. In an interview, ABPA president Ricardo Santin told Reuters the rejection of cargoes may vary according to the date of shipment before outbreak's confirmation, ranging from 14 to 28 days at the discretion of the destination countries' official veterinary services. The situation puts meat processors including BRF SA ( opens new tab and JBS SA ( opens new tab in a tight spot, as they deal with additional logistics costs and uncertainty related to the extent of ongoing trade embargos triggered by the health emergency. Brazil accounts for 39% of the global chicken trade, Santin said, citing fresh trade data. The easing of restrictions for cargos in transit is a possibility, Santin said, particularly if the cargo comes from a region faraway from the outbreak, which was in Rio Grande do Sul state. "But that will require negotiations," Santin said. Mexico and Chile are among countries which would also reject cargoes under existing health protocols related to bird flu outbreaks, he added. It is not possible to calculate losses stemming from export restrictions in force after confirmation of the first bird flu outbreak on a Brazilian commercial chicken farm, Santin said. That is because the scope and duration of trade bans may vary according to health protocols and negotiations with importing nations, Santin said. will Some health protocols foresee regional or even local export bans, while others call for a nationwide suspensions. Under existing protocols, Brazil stopped issuance of health certificates nationwide for cargoes destined to China, European Union and South Africa. However, other major importers like Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are less strict and enforce regional bans under the existing protocols. Santin said it is up to the exporting companies to deal with returned cargoes, adding they also have the possibility of redirecting some consignments.
South China Morning Post
20-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Brazil urges China to limit chicken import ban to city with bird flu outbreak
Brazil 's government has asked China to restrict its embargo on chicken imports to products just from the city of Montenegro, where the South American country last week registered an outbreak of bird flu on a commercial farm, newspaper Folha de reported on Tuesday. On Friday, Brazil reported its first ever outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu, on a commercial breeding farm in Montenegro, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, prompting a scramble to trace the virus in the country, as well as a slew of international trade bans. China, a major consumer of Brazilian poultry, immediately suspended imports following the news. The Asian country bought more than 10 per cent of Brazil's 5.3 million metric tons of chicken exports in 2024, according to national pork and poultry group ABPA. Health and safety agents setting up disinfection barriers to contain the first confirmed case of bird flu in commercial poultry, in the municipality of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 17. Photo: AP Chinese customs authorities said imports of poultry products imported from Brazil, shipped on or after May 17, have been suspended.
