The Brazilian egg industry is reaching new highs and there would appear to be few signs that the market might slow.

The COVID-19 pandemic, an uncertain economy, and logistics problems like port closings and shipping bottlenecks haven’t slowed the tremendous demand for U.S. poultry and eggs around the world.

Brazil launches initiative to boost duck exports, building on success with chicken and pork sectors.

Without explanation, Saudi Arabian authorities abruptly announced a ban on imports of poultry meat from 11 processing plants in Brazil.

Exporting eggs is more sustainable than shipping the grain to feed layers and there are plenty of markets hungry to boost their egg consumption.

At the end of 2010, the Brazilian Poultry Association and the Brazilian Chicken Producers and Exporters Association merged to create the UBABEF. Then in 2014 they joined the Brazilian Association of Pork Producers and Exporters and created the powerful entity of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), involving chicken, eggs, swine and poultry breeders. 

The outlook for U.S. poultry exports in the coming year is positive as the EU struggles to manage widespread highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks, particularly in northern and western countries.