S. UK and Ukraine They joined the list of countries that announced restrictions on the purchase of chicken in Brazil, after confirming a state of bird flu on a commercial farm in Rio Grande de Sol.
In total, 32 countries and European Union Imposing a kind of restriction on the import of Brazilian birds, according to data from Ministry of Finance.
Markets that suspended chicken imports from all over Brazil:
South Africa, Argentina, Armenia, Belarusia, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, South Korea, Iraq, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Kirgustan, Dominican Republic, Russia, Sri Lanka, Timor La, European Union and Uruguay.
Countries that suspended imports only from Rio Grande Sol:
Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Cuba, North Macedonia, Montenegro, UK, Tajikistan and Ukraine.
Countries that were suspended only from the municipality of Jabal Al -Aswad (rupee):
Saudi Arabia and Japan.
The evaluation within the government is that although the virus was confirmed in the commercial creation, the ministry was already prepared for this situation.
The bird influenza virus is not new: it has already been discovered in other regions of the world, such as Asia, Africa and northern Europe. In Brazil itself, they were already identified in wild birds and living.
In Europe, only in 2025, more than 200 cases were recorded.
The farm imagined that it would be only a matter of time until the bird flu also reached a Brazilian commercial creation.
The ministry was already preparing precautionary measures. Since 2023, the government has given special attention to the issue.
Regional characteristic agreements have been signed to countries such as Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines – important markets for the industrial trade scale.
For example, the agreement was signed with Japan in March.
These regional agreements allow the final comments on exports, which helps to avoid the broader economic effects on the producers.