The likely opening of the Canadian Santa Catarina pork market creates new prospects for the sector. The Seara Alimentos factories in Itapiranga and São Miguel do Ouest, and the Cooperativa Central Aurora Alimentos (Aurora Coop) in Chapeco were the first three factories authorized by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply to export pork cuts to Canada. The North American country annually imports an average of 250 thousand tons of the product.

Pork production in Santa Catarina is looking for new export markets – Photo: Julio Cavalheiro/South Carolina Government/Disclosure/North Dakota

For the President of Sindicarne (Sindicato das Indústrias da Carne e Derivados in the state of Santa Catarina), José Antonio Ribas Junior, the opening of the Canadian pork market for Brazil once again confirms the quality and international approval of Santa Catarina. animal protein production chain.

In May, Santa Catarina’s exports of natural, industrially processed pork and offal amounted to 46,520 tons, including all international markets served by the state’s production chain.

The result is a 1.2% drop from April. Despite this, revenue was $112.47 million, up 7.1% from the previous month but down 14.7% from May 2021.

The survey is part of the Epagri Agricultural Bulletin for June. In the first five months of 2022, Santa Catarina accounted for 57.4% of revenue and 56.1% of the volume of pork exported by Brazil.