Brazil exported 2,686 tonnes of fresh and processed eggs in September, 29.4 percent more than the 2,076 tonnes shipped in the same month of 2025, according to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA). Revenue rose 6 percent to $5.866 million from $5.536 million.
The picture for the year so far is the opposite. From January to September exports totalled 22,669 tonnes, 34.1 percent below the 34,378 tonnes of a year earlier, and revenue fell 38.4 percent to $49.769 million from $80.832 million.
ABPA says the cumulative comparison is distorted by heavy US buying in 2025, when avian influenza cut supply there. In January-September last year the United States imported 19,515 tonnes of Brazilian eggs, against 168 tonnes in the same period of 2026. Leaving the US out of both years, Brazil's exports grew 51.4 percent, from 14,863 tonnes to 22,501 tonnes.
Chile was the leading destination in September with 1,204 tonnes, up 201.3 percent from 400 tonnes. Japan took 351 tonnes, down 49.3 percent from 692 tonnes, followed by Ecuador with 300 tonnes, Mexico with 244 tonnes (down 2.6 percent) and Sierra Leone with 135 tonnes. Ecuador and Sierra Leone had received no shipments in September 2025.
"The growth recorded in September and the expansion of sales to markets such as Chile and Ecuador demonstrate the diversification of the destinations of Brazilian eggs," said ABPA president Ricardo Santin. He added that the fall in the cumulative total "results essentially from the exceptionality of purchases made by the United States in 2025."
The figures show how quickly a disease outbreak in one major producer can reshape trade for others: last year's US shortage pulled Brazilian eggs north, and this year Brazil is spreading its sales across Latin America, Asia and Africa.
The figures were reported by Melanie Epp for The Poultry Site.
Photo: Edward Betts / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Source: The Poultry Site
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