Strong export pace in the second week of April

Brazil accelerated its beef export pace in the second week of April. The Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) reported that in the first nine business days of the month (through April 13), 98,194 tons were exported, of which 60,774 tons were shipped in the second week alone, at a daily pace of 12,155 tons, the bulkiest since the first week of March.