BRF increased its sales volumes for poultry products during the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 when compared to the third quarter of 2020. The company reported its most recent set of quarterly reports on November 10.
In its home territory of Brazil, poultry volume increased 7% on a year-over-year basis and 7.1% on a quarter-over-quarter basis, achieving a sales volume of 119,000 tons.
In its international segment, poultry volumes were 377,000 tons, which was an increase of 6.4% when compared to the third quarter of 2020, but declined 0.9% when compared to the previous quarter.
Broken down geographically, poultry volumes in Asia rose 8.4% to 98,000 on a year-over year basis, which was a decline of 5.4% when compared to the second quarter. Halal poultry volumes, at 141,000 tons, declined 1.9% when compared to the third quarter of 2020, but rose 0.6% when compared to the second quarter of this year.
BRF’s poultry volumes for direct exports rose 14.7% on a year-over-year basis and 1.1% on a quarter-over-quarter basis at 139,000 tons.
BRF, according to the WATTPoultry.com Top Companies Database, ranks as the second largest poultry producing company in the world, trailing fellow Brazil-based company JBS. Both companies are involved in the production of multiple animal proteins.
Pork volumes
BRF’s pork volumes in Brazil also rose on a year-over-year basis during the third quarter, increasing 4.2% to 34,000 tons. That figure represented a 9% increase when compared to the second quarter of 2021.
However, there was a small decline in pork volumes for Asia, decreasing from 42,000 tons during the third quarter of 2020 to 41,000 tons for the most recent quarter. Pork volumes for the second quarter of 2021 were reported at 43,000 tons.
Concerning direct imports of pork, those volumes rose 3.9% on a year-over-year basis and 4.6% when compared to the second quarter.
