Chicken consumption has plateaued in the country

Storm for producers of chicken and pork in the last year, the corn is cause for relief for refrigerators in 2017, but the economic recession comes in the way the expected recovery of the sector, especially the chicken industries more dependent on the Brazilian market.
In the first quarter, domestic demand not outlined reaction, according to analysts, executives and representatives of industry ears by the value. The evaluation is that, as unemployment keeps rising, the recovery tends to be slower than the imagined at the end of 2016, when some producers of chicken until signaled to increase production.
"There was a moment in November and December that staff returned to animate. But as they realized that there''s no way to have better prices, the gang pulled the brake, "said Francisco Turra, Chief Executive of ABPA (Brazilian Association of Animal protein). "The recessive climate is still very complicated," he added.
In fact, the accommodation of chicks of cut indicator of future production of chicken-surprised analysts by the end of the year. In December, 560,300,000 birds were housed in farms in the country, advance of 6.7% compared to November, according to Apinco (Brazilian Association of producers of chicks). In comparison with the same period of the previous year, however, was decrease of 2.1%.
According to the analyst Mark Iguma, of the Center for advanced studies in applied economics (Cepea), linked to the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq), the first quarter, seasonally weak period due to school holidays, was even weaker in 2017. "It does not help speed up production much because the market won''t absorb," agreed.
"The national consumption is much the same as last year. Is very limited, "said the value of the commercial Director of Santa Catarina Aurora, Leomar Somensi. The cooperative is the third leading poultry and swine industry in the country, just behind JBS and BRF. In this scenario, the Aurora has not yet decided what to do with the level of production of chicken. Due to high corn last year, Aurora gave collective vacations alternately in their slaughterhouses to cut production by 8%.