INSIDE 4D WORLD · SIAVS 2026 FIELD REPORT
Brazil’s entire animal-protein industry spent three days under one roof in São Paulo — and 4D World’s desk walked every aisle of it. Here is what the record-breaking SIAVS 2026 looked like from the floor, and what happens next.
Key Takeaways
- ▸ SIAVS 2026 ran August 4–6 at Distrito Anhembi, São Paulo — its biggest edition: 45,000 m², up 65% vs 2024.
- ▸ The beef, chicken and pork chains on the floor exported about R$160 billion in 2025.
- ▸ ABPA and ApexBrasil flew in buyers from 60+ countries; 33 Brazilian exporters worked a 738 m² business arena.
- ▸ Brazil’s 2025 scoreboard on display: 15.3 Mt of chicken, 5.6 Mt of pork, 62.3 billion eggs.
- ▸ 4D World’s team worked all three days — meetings across Food, CAT-3 pet food, Pharma and Rendering.
▮ The biggest room in Brazilian protein
SIAVS — the Salão Internacional de Avicultura e Suinocultura, run by ABPA, Brazil’s animal-protein association — came back on August 4–6, 2026 occupying the Expo 1 and Expo 2 pavilions of Distrito Anhembi, São Paulo. It was the largest edition in the fair’s history: 45,000 m² of show floor, 65% more than 2024, with delegations from more than 60 countries and over 31,000 visitors expected. For 2026 the fair also folded beef into the tent, with ABIEC alongside ABPA and ApexBrasil.
The scale is easier to feel through one number: the beef, chicken and pork chains exhibiting there shipped roughly R$160 billion in exports in 2025. Opening day drew Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, André de Paula — who reminded the room that nobody sells to 180 countries and territories without quality and competitiveness — plus state governors and a fresh piece of news for the egg chain: the European Union has just opened to Brazilian eggs, with production projected above 60 billion units in 2026.
▮ Three signals we picked up on the floor
| Chain | 2025 production | 2025 exports |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15.29 million tonnes | 5.32 Mt · ≈R$50bn |
| Beef | 12.35 million tonnes | ≈R$92bn · 177 markets |
| Pork | 5.59 million tonnes | 1.51 Mt · ≈R$18.4bn |
| Eggs | 62.3 billion units | EU market newly opened |
Chain figures cited around SIAVS 2026 (ABPA/ABIEC data via Notícia & Fatos, July 27, 2026).
“It’s the meeting point for animal protein globally.” — Ricardo Santin, President, ABPA, at the opening of SIAVS 2026 (August 4, 2026; translated)
▮ What our desk went to do
4D World trades animal protein across four verticals — human Food, CAT-3 pet food raw materials with a Europe focus, Pharmaceutical raw materials and Rendering by-products — anchored by our own plant, SIF 4075 / Nutre Meat in Ibiporã, Paraná. A fair that concentrates the whole Brazilian supply base and buyers from 60+ countries in one building for three days is, for a trading desk, a year of prospecting compressed into 72 hours.
So the team split the days between the two ends of our business: supply — Brazilian plants and renderers whose material feeds our programs, checked eye to eye on capacity, certification and coming habilitations — and demand — importers and processors hunting reliable Brazilian counterparts for food cuts, pet-food raw materials and pharma-grade inputs. The notebook came back full; the follow-ups started before the carpets were rolled up.
DID YOU KNOW?
Entry to the SIAVS show floor was free with credentialing — the paid part is the technical congress that runs alongside it. The 2024 edition drew 30,000+ attendees and 317 exhibitors; the 2026 floor grew 65% over it.
▮ The week after the fair
Fairs do not sign contracts; the week after does. The sequence now is familiar desk work: spec sheets and samples out to the buyers we met, plant documentation checks against each destination’s requirements — EU listings, health certificates, TRACES entries where Europe is involved — and scheduling first containers where specs and price already meet. That is the quiet machinery behind every “great fair” post you will read this week, ours included.
THE 4DW ANGLE
If we met at SIAVS — thank you; your follow-up is already moving. If we missed each other, the desk is open all the same: food-grade cuts and offal for Asia, Africa and the Americas; frozen CAT-3 raw materials for European pet-food processors; pharmaceutical raw materials; and rendering by-products — shipped from our own plant, SIF 4075 / Nutre Meat, and a vetted Brazilian supplier network, with certificates and TRACES handled desk-side. Write to us and we will pick the conversation up where the fair left off.
▮ Frequently asked questions
What is SIAVS?
SIAVS is the Salão Internacional de Avicultura e Suinocultura — the international animal-protein show run by ABPA, Brazil’s animal-protein association. The 2026 edition ran August 4–6 at Distrito Anhembi, São Paulo, with 45,000 m² of floor, chains from chicken to beef and eggs, and visitors from more than 60 countries.
How big was SIAVS 2026?
The biggest in the fair’s history: 45,000 m² of exhibition space, 65% more than in 2024, with more than 31,000 visitors expected and buyer delegations from 60-plus countries. The beef, chicken and pork chains represented on that floor exported roughly R$160 billion in 2025.
Was 4D World at SIAVS 2026?
Yes. 4D World’s commercial team worked the fair on all three days, August 4–6, meeting international buyers and Brazilian plants across its four verticals — human food, CAT-3 pet-food raw materials, pharmaceutical raw materials and rendering — anchored by its own plant, SIF 4075 (Nutre Meat, Ibiporã, Paraná).
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