Australia exports 969 tons of high quality beef, mostly rump to Brazil

Monday, October 24th 2011 - 19:33 UTC

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Brazil has a growing appetite for best beef cuts

Australia has been sending beef to the world’s two largest beef exporting countries United States and Brazil. Australian beef exports to Brazil during the first nine months of 2011 jumped 381% year-on-year, to 969 tonnes swt, underlining the growing Brazilian demand for higher quality imported beef, mainly among steakhouse chains in the Sao Paulo region, reports meat-trade-news-daily.

The main Australian product exported to Brazil so far in 2011 has been rump, accounting for 81% of the total or 782 tonnes swt. Out of this total, 370 tonnes swt has been full rump, with 366 tonnes of rump cap - one of the highest valued cuts in Brazil. Other products shipped included chuck (11%) and strip loin (3%).

A huge middle class population that has grown significantly in recent years has driven an increase in Brazilian protein consumption, which has led to high beef prices in the domestic market. This has provided opportunities for imports of high quality beef and lamb from Uruguay, Argentina and Australia across the higher end foodservice segment.

Categories: Economy, Brazil.

Tags: Australia, beef, Brazil.

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briton
If you want the real thing ?
Australian beef it is then ?
Oct 24th, 2011 - 07:46 pm 0
Forgetit87
Of course the currency has nothing to do with it. What a piece of non-news.
Oct 24th, 2011 - 07:54 pm 0
Fido Dido
Well Forget, you can't expect from those chumps in NYC or Montevideo (yes, Mercopress has also an office in NYC) to copy (and sometimes spin) and paste real news.
Oct 24th, 2011 - 09:15 pm 0

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