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Reuters reports that the improved production outlook was published in a report authored by the USDA representative in Brasilia on 2 September.
The US agency's liaison in Brazil highlighted that both exports and domestic consumption, which have already broken records for 2021, are expected to increase by 3% next year, to 4.17 million tonnes and 10.54 million tonnes, respectively.
“In 2021, exports advanced 5%. Overall, shipments should remain just over a quarter of total production, with China being the main destination for Brazilian chicken meat,” said USDA representative Camila Aquino.
She added that the on-going outbreaks of African swine fever in China since 2018 have given greater opportunity to Brazilian meat on the foreign market, a movement also supported by the devaluation of the real against the dollar.