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Coronavirus congests Chinese ports but Brazilian meat exports are not being compromised 

Written by Roberta Souza
Published 27/02/2020 às 08:35
exports, ports, china, coronavirus

Despite congestion at Chinese ports due to the disease, Brazilian meat packers say meat exports are being delivered normally 

Like New coronavirus, many events have concerned the economy, not only in the Brazil but from all over the world. Despite this, even with the congestion of ports in China due to the disease, Brazilian slaughterhouses report exports and deliveries of meat to the country are being made normally. 

ABIEC (Associação Brasileira das Indústrias Exportadoras de Carne) reported that, due to congestion in Chinese logistics centers, it had not received information from its members that beef exports were being redirected to ports in other countries. According to the ABPA (Brazilian Association of Animal Protein), there are delays related to the release of refrigerated products in ports in China. 

Due to the established epidemic, the country struggles to resume normal operations, considering that the consequences of the coronavirus affect, above all, the logistics chains and container transport lines. A Maersk, the world's largest container company, reported that the virus would offer your earnings. 

Refrigerated container chicken exports from the United States to China had to be diverted to ports in other countries. The cause is the lack of space for such containers, which need to be connected to electricity after being unloaded, in order to maintain the temperature and condition of meats and other foodstuffs. 

A BRF, one of the largest Brazilian food producing companies, reported that “The volumes produced by the company destined for China are being shipped normally”, adding that it does not face storage problems in Brazil related to Chinese port problems. 

Roberta Souza

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