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Brazilian chicken exports may drop due to trade embargoes

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Brazil egg exports to surge 117% by 2025, driven by US

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By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora

SAO PAULO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian chicken exports

are expected to fall as much as 2% to 5.2 million metric tons

this year, meat lobby ABPA said on Wednesday, citing the impact

of trade embargoes by large importers following a local outbreak

of bird flu in May.

Brazil, the world's largest exporter, reported its first

ever bird flu outbreak in a chicken breeding farm in the south.

Countries like China, Brazil's top trade partner, have not

yet lifted trade embargoes even though the Brazilian government

managed to control the outbreak within a month. Other trade

partners have gradually eased restrictions over time.

ABPA had previously expected Brazilian chicken exports to

rise as much as 1.9% this year.

The group, which represents firms like BRF and

JBS, said Brazil's egg exports were forecast to jump

almost 117% to 40,000 tons in 2025, due largely to strong U.S.

demand as egg supplies fell due to a bird flu outbreak there.

ABPA said it expected Brazilian chicken output to rise as

much as 3% this year to 15.4 million tons, citing a potential

increase in per capita consumption of up to 5.4% domestically.

For pork, Brazilian production this year is forecast to grow

by as much as 2.2% to 5.42 million tons while exports could rise

by 7.2% to 1.45 million tons, the group said.