TOKYO: Japan has suspended imports of poultry meat from the southern Brazilian metropolis of Montenegro and dwell poultry from the broader state of Rio Grande do Sul following a chicken flu outbreak, an official at Japan’s agriculture ministry stated on Monday (Could 19).
The ban took impact on Friday after Brazil, the world’s largest rooster exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of chicken flu on a poultry farm. The announcement triggered protocols for a national commerce ban from high purchaser China and statewide restrictions for different main customers.
Over half of China’s rooster imports are from Brazil.
Japan additionally depends closely on rooster imports from Brazil, and the unfold of chicken flu in Brazil may have an effect on the meat market in Japan, the place meals costs are already on the rise.
In keeping with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan’s self-sufficiency price for poultry meat, together with processed merchandise, is round 65 per cent.
Within the 2024 fiscal 12 months, which ended on Mar 31, Japan imported about 429,000 metric tons of rooster meat from Brazil, accounting for almost 70 per cent of poultry meat imports, excluding processed objects.
“We’ll carefully monitor the affect on home distribution and market circumstances,” a ministry official stated.
The European Union and South Korea are amongst different main importers who’ve banned Brazilian rooster.
Singapore imports 48 per cent of poultry from Brazil, in response to figures from 2021. CNA has contacted the Singapore Meals Company for info on potential measures in response to the chicken flu outbreak within the Brazilian metropolis.
