The ABPA (Associação Brasileira de Proteína Animal), representing meat producers, released data on 2020 production. Total chicken produced will amount to 13.8 million metric tons (30.4 billion lbs.), 4.5 percent higher than in 2019. Of this total 30.6 percent will be exported, amounting to 4.23 million metric tons (9.3 billion lbs.). Domestic consumption of 9.57 million metric tons represents a per capita uptake of 106 lb., based on a population of 190 million.
