巴西 - 在2011年的前三个月，巴西活牛的出口总额为103,518头，较2010年同期下降34%。
委内瑞拉继续向巴西购买大量活牛，因为当地政府干预本国工业，导致了国内活牛和牛肉急剧下降。此外，两国之间的短距离为贸易提供了便利-巴西出口的活牛大部分都是从附近的传统北部帕拉州（为该季度的96%）运输出去。然而，2010年1月，当地玻利瓦尔货币对美元的贬值是影响到对委内瑞拉的牛肉出口的因素（包括较高巴西牛的价格和低供给量）。这是一个双重贬值，涉及到食品和保健等基本商品的进口合同，玻利瓦尔值设定比美元低17%，但其他非必需品进口要低50%。合同成立之前，2010年1月并没有受到影响的贬值。三月季度出口到黎巴嫩的总量为27,170头，是去年第四季度增长了585 %，较2010年第一季度高出28%。
中国畜牧业协会牛业分会译
Thursday, April 14
Brazilian Live Cattle Exports Down
BRAZIL - Brazilian live cattle exports during the first three months of 2011 totalled 103,518 head, down 34 per cent on both the previous quarter and when compared with the same period in 2010.
Venezuela continues to purchase the bulk of Brazilian live cattle, as local government intervention in the Venezuelan industry has resulted in a sharp decline in domestic cattle and beef supplies. In addition, the short distance between the two countries facilitates trade - the majority of Brazilian live cattle exports have been traditionally shipped from the nearby northern state of Pará (96 per cent during the quarter).
However, a factor that influenced the slowdown in exports to Venezuela (in addition to higher Brazilian cattle prices and lower supplies) was the devaluation of the local bolívar against the US$ in January 2010.
This was a dual devaluation in which the value of the bolívar was set 17 per cent lower against the US$ for import contracts related to basic goods such as food and health, but 50 per cent lower for other non essential item imports. Contracts set up prior to January 2010 were not affected by the devaluation.
March quarter exports to Lebanon totalled 27,170 head, up 585 per cent on the December quarter and 28 per cent higher when compared to the first quarter of 2010.