date:May 14, 2014
Brazil exported 42,623 tonnes of pig meat in April and had revenues of $118.66 million, an increase of 19.66 per cent in volume and 19.74 per cent in value compared to the same month of 2013.
The average price in the period remained stable (0.07 per cent).
The growth of exports in April was expected. Our expectation is that this will also occur in May and June as Russia, our main importer, enables several refrigerators which should increase our sales, said Francisco Turra, chief executive of