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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSBoth white and brown eggs are produced in Brazil. In recent years, production has been dividedaround three-quarters white and one-quarter brown.A comparatively small share of Brazil’s egg production is processed. Based on our interviews, weestimate that 5 to 10% of output is processed. The International Egg Commission estimates that ofthe 94 eggs per capita consumed domestically in 2001, 89 eggs (94.7%) were consumed as shell eggs.A2.1.2.1. Main producers/packersWhile the largest 11 egg producers in Brazil account for over 30 % of total output, there are thoughtto be a relatively large number of medium and small-sized producers. Many small producers have leftthe business in recent years, as it has become evident that the adoption of new techniques has madeit necessary for growers to either enlarge their operations or leave the industry altogether. Many ofthe larger operations took advantage of a favourable market in the late 1990s to modernise.Nevertheless, the number of fully automated egg producers in Brazil is very small. Most producershave a hybrid system. Our estimates of the size and ranking of Brazil’s leading egg producing firmsappear in Table A2.2 below.Table A2.2: Leading egg producing firms in Brazil, 2004Firm Town, State* Number of layers (millions) Market share (%)Grupo Saito Ibiúna, SP 4.0 6.7Granja Yabuta Bastos, SP 3.5 5.8Aviário Mantiqueira Itanhandú, MG 2.5 4.2Avipal Porto Alegre, RS 1.5 2.5Granja Katayama Guararapes, SP 1.3 2.2Aviário Santo Antônio Belo Horizonte, MG 1.25 2.1Somai Nordeste Montes Claros, MG 1.2 2.0Coperbras Brasilia, DF 1.2 2.0Granja Shinoda Porto Feliz, SP 1.0 1.7Gaasa Goiás, GO 0.8 1.3Granjas ITO Campinas, SP 0.7 1.2Notes: * SP = Sao Paulo state; MG = Minas Gerais state; RS = Rio Grande do Sul state; CE = Ceará state; DF = DistritoFederal; GO = Goiás state.Source: Estimates of Fábio Mizumoto 03.2004, Agra CEAS Consulting estimates.A2.1.2.2. Main production systemsAs far as we can ascertain all commercial egg production takes place in battery cages.A2.1.2.3. Technical dataGiven the general lack of industry-wide information and the extremely heterogeneous nature of theindustry, the performance measures appearing in this section should be considered approximations.In general, they are representative of larger, better-equipped producers. However, even amonglarger producers, there are all degrees of automation with many using a combination of conventionaland automated systems.333