Brazilian Animal Protein Association figures show that Brazil exported 69,800 tonnes of pork to China in the first half of this year, 170 percent more than a year earlier, O Globo reports.
The Brazilian newspaper says 79,300 tonnes was exported to Hong Kong alone, 12 percent more than a year earlier.
The report quotes the association as saying exports to China grew despite a strike in May by Brazilian truck drivers, who held up deliveries by blocking highways.
O Globo quotes the head of the meat association, Francisco Turra, as saying of the strike: “We expect the effect to diminish gradually in the months to come, particularly from July onward.”
