These revenues came from exports amounting to 274,000 tonnes of poultry
meat (39.4% more than in May 2006). Among the exports, whole chickens contribute
approximately $120.5 million to revenues (125.5% more than in the same period
last year).
According to the organisation's acting executive president Christian
Lohbauer, the large percentage growth is due to the decrease in sales in May
2006 due to avian flu in the European and Asian markets.
From May to June this year, Brazil exported 1.28 million tonnes of chicken
(22.6% more than in the period from the same period in 2006). Revenues were
$1.75 billion (41.3% more in the same comparison).
