Brazil’s meat scandal prompts import bans

Fallout from Brazil’s tainted-meat scandal – in which inspectors are accused of taking bribes to allow exports of spoiled beef and poultry – has widened with import bans by Hong Kong, China and the EU*

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Top 10 destinations for Brazil’s beef and poultry exports

Beef (tonnes†) 

UAE 18,939

Venezuela 22,704

Saudi Arabia 28,676

Chile 70,078

Iran 94,964

Russia 103,599

European Union 107,225

Egypt 164,930

China 165,619

Hong Kong 181,429


Chicken (tonnes†)

European Union 96,916

Kuwait 120,643

Venezuela 132,080

Oman 147,062

South Africa 227,103

Hong Kong 236,290

UAE 303,181

China 307,042

Japan 417,623

Saudi Arabia 784,609


*European Union ban on meat coming from four specific Brazilian plants

†Beef data for 2016, chicken data for 2015
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Sources: Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries, ABPA 

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