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Article: Brazil's pet owners opt for U.S. pet food.
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- AgExporter
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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Brazil is not the largest export market for U.S. pet foods, but sales are expanding at a phenomenal rate in this South American country, jumping from $54,000 in 1992 to over $7 million in 1996.
At this time, only a quarter of the country's 22-million dog and cat population (70 percent are dogs) eat manufactured pet foods. However, the growth rate of the pet food sector is expected to continue between 15 and 25 percent each year.
This rapid expansion has attracted the attention not only of U.S. suppliers, but of firms already producing pet food in Brazil.
Imported pet foods now make up a large proportion of pet food retail sales in Brazil, and the United ...