Brazil marks monthly pork export record in September

Brazil’s pork exports have reached a new monthly record in September, totalling 151,600 tonnes. The figure represented a 25.9% increase compared with the same month in 2024, when 120,400 tonnes got shipped.

Revenue from September’s exports also set a new record, amounting to US$ 368.4 million – up 29.9% from the US$ 283.7 million registered in the same month of the previous year.

With this strong performance, pork shipments between January and September 2025 have risen by 13.2% in volume compared with the same period of 2024.

In total, Brazil exported 1.12 million tonnes in the first 3 quarters of 2025, against 990,700 tonnes in the same period last year. In value, the increase reached 24.6%, with US$ 2.70 billion this year compared with US$ 2.17 billion in 2024.

If the pace continues, Brazil could match or even surpass Canada’s projected 2025 export figures, around 1.3 million tonnes, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). In 2024, Canada and Brazil ranked as the world’s 3^rd and 4^th largest pork exporters, respectively. The EU-27 and the United States held the 1^st and 2^nd positions.

Ricardo Santin is the president of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA). He said, “Although the Philippines remains the main destination, it is not the only driver behind the strong demand for Brazilian pork, which is growing at significantly high rates in key markets. The outlook is for sustained demand, with record-breaking results expected by the end of the year.”

The total top-10 looks like this:

1        The Philippines (49,000 tonnes, up 73.9%);

2        China (13,600 tonnes, down 18.2%);

3        Japan (11,400 tonnes, up 32.4%);

4        Vietnam (9,600 tonnes, up 39.8%);

5        Mexico (9,600 tonnes, up 55.8%);

6        Chile (8,300 tonnes, down 13.7%);

7        Hong Kong (8,200 tonnes, down 5.3%);

8        Singapore (5,600 tonnes, up 2.2%);

9        Argentina (4,200 tonnes, up 82.2%); and

10    Georgia (4,000 tonnes, up 120%).

Santa Catarina remains the country’s leading pork-exporting state, with 72,700 tonnes shipped in September (up 17.4% year-on-year), followed by Rio Grande do Sul (35,700 tonnes, up 39.6%), Paraná (25,300 tonnes, up 35.5%), Minas Gerais (2,900 tonnes, down 10.6%) and Mato Grosso (3,900 tonnes, up 19.1%).

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