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Brazil's BRF Posts Q3 Profit, Slightly Above Forecast

By Dayeeta Das
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Brazil's BRF Posts Q3 Profit, Slightly Above Forecast

Brazilian food processor BRF SA turned a third-quarter profit driven by a strong performance in its home market, slightly beating expectations, according to a securities filing.

BRF said it earned R$218.7 million (€34.5 million), versus analysts' average estimate of R$203.15 million (€32 million) according to Refinitiv data.

Net revenue rose 17.5% to R$9.9 billion (€1.6 billion), as the company increased the average price of its products. Sales volume of processed foods and meats rose 0.7% in the quarter, to a 1.1 million tonnes, it added.

BRF, the world's largest chicken exporter, derived more than half its sales from Brazil, where net revenue rose almost 21%.

In Brazil, government cash payments to help the poor weather the pandemic boosted spending on food, allowing BRF to pass on higher grain prices to consumers. This partly offset higher feed prices and COVID-19 related expenses, it said.

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International Markets

Internationally, net revenue rose 13.5%, but production adjustments for the pandemic continued to affect operations. "As a result, gross profit and margins (were) squeezed," BRF said of pandemic-related issues that weighed on its export business.

In the Halal market BRF posted sales of 173,000 tonnes, little changed from the year-ago period, as Saudi Arabia maintained import restrictions.

Higher grains costs and other dollar-denominated expenses also affected its exports' profitability, the company added.

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