Brazil may lose between 15 % and 20 % of chicken meat exports due to the last state of influenza discovered on a commercial farm in Rio Grande de Sol. Fernando Iglisias, market coordinator at Safras & Mercado Consultance, presented this initial estimate during an interview with CNN Prime Time This Friday (16).
According to Iglesias, China, which represents about 10 % of Brazilian chicken meat sales, and Europe, is responsible for about 5 %, has already confirmed Import suspension. In addition to the regional closure that will happen in relation to Rio Grande de SolThe export loss rate can reach 20 %.
Market containing measures and recovery
Despite anxiety, the expert notes that the sector is seriously and quickly to circumvent the situation and restore the normal flow of trade. Iglesias emphasizes that Brazil is a global signal in biological security and that this is the first focus on the country’s commercial farms since the disease began in the world in 2006.
“You should resume this very soon this Ordinary trade stream And follow as a large Chicken meat source “From the world,” says Iglesias. All health protocols It is fulfilled, including the sacrifice of birds The affected farm.
Institute of Non -Internal Market
For the local market, Iglesias explains that the industry must be adopted as a first step to store frozen products in cold rooms and containers, while keeping them until the regular trade flow is restored.
It indicates that the faster the problem is solved, the less the situation is the less harmful to the production chain.
The expert also reassures the Brazilian population regarding the consumption of poultry products, saying he is very safe and must happen normally. “The protein should be high -quality and low cost in a population diet,” Eglysias concludes.
Since Rio Grande Do SUL is the third largest producer and source of chicken meat in the country, the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, the first and second in a row, already depend on more severe measures to avoid problems in its territory, indicating the seriousness in which the sector deals with the situation.
