Chicken exports recover and grow 8.8% in nine months

Chicken exports recover and grow 8.8% in nine months

October 16, 2024 – 10:40

According to the Center for Poultry Processing Companies (CEPA), the avian flu had a strong impact and paralyzed poultry exports, which only reached US$243 million.

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The chicken exports They grew 8.8% in nine months, according to the Center for Poultry Processing Companies (CEPA). The report highlights that the avian flu had a strong impact and paralyzed chicken exports. This year, there were exports of US$243 million.

Currently, Argentina has 63 active markets. The main destinations with the greatest growth are Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Holland and Singapore.

In this sense, the president of CEPA, Roberto Domenech, highlighted the strong export potential. “They are vital to promote investment, employment and foreign exchange earnings for a sector such as poultry, whichThat means 75,000 thousand jobs, in more than 40 companies,” he said.

For his part, Domenech pointed out that work is being done on opening the Chinese market. If it comes to fruition, it would be very important, since in 2022 they represented an income of US$171,859,259, corresponding to 75,391 tons.

Recently, China reopened the market for poultry exports from Chile, which were also prohibited almost at the same time as those in Argentina. The Argentine Government is working on the authorizations to be able to open that market that could be an opportunity for these companies.

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Companies wait for the Chinese market to be enabled

Companies wait for the Chinese market to be enabled

Beef exports: what is happening in this sector

Despite the drop in demand, exports of the product are expanding. In fact, according to a report from the Chamber of Meat Industry and Commerce (Ciccra), exports reached During August, 58,273 million tons of product weight.

This is an advance of 23.8% compared to July and 5.1% in the year-on-year comparison. The recovery of the sector is due to shipments to China, which represented 91.9% of total exports.

In the eighth month of the year, Another of the favorite destinations for Argentine beef was the Netherlands, with 1,773 tons marketed, which exceeded certified shipments in July by 53.6%.

Source: Ambito

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