As usually happens in the same period, meat exports in the second week of December (8 to 14, five working days) suffered a reduction in relation to the initial week of the month. This time, however, the reduction showed insignificant rates. So much so that – considering the last 13 months – the foreign exchange revenue accumulated in the month was just below that recorded last November. And by minimum difference: 4%.
This, it should be noted, is based on the daily average. Because, if one considers that this December has one more business day than the previous month and the same month last year, the negative result is reversed.
But the promising performance at the end of 2019 is best seen by projecting the shipments in these first 10 business days to the 21 business days of December. So, we have the following panorama:
– Pork: shipments close to 65 thousand tons, a result that will mean increases of 12% and 35% over, respectively, the previous month and the same month of 2018;
– Chicken meat: close to 370 thousand tons which, if reached, will mean a monthly and annual increase of 19.5% and 13%;
– Beef: volume not far from 133 thousand tons – around 5% more than in December 2018, but a drop close to 15% compared to last November, the month in which the total fresh meat exported exceeded 155 thousand tons , second highest volume in the history of the sector.
The Festive period should cause a slowdown in the current pace. Even so, the current development signals one of the best Christmases for meat exports.
Source: agrolink
