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Pet food drives exports as Brazil’s pet sector breaks records

Pet food and treats accounted for 86% of Brazil’s total pet exports.

Container Ships Loaded With Kibble Leaving The Port Of Rio, Brazil

Brand Insights

Simplify Pet Food Labeling: Strategies for Navigating Global Regulations

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Learn how regulatory complexity is impacting the pet food industry and how brands will meet the challenge using the right digital tools

Simplify Pet Food Labeling: Strategies for Navigating Global Regulations

Global Commerce

Corn price increase may impact Brazilian pet sector

Climate, low harvest, and high demand are putting pressure on the price of corn, the most used plant-based raw material in the production of pet food. Experts explain how this may impact the sector.

Ear Of Corn With Coins Instead Of Kernals

Global Commerce

U.S.-China tariff pause eases pressure on animal feed, pet food trade

A 90-day reduction in U.S.-China tariffs offers short-term relief for U.S. animal food exporters and ingredient buyers as trade talks continue.

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Central/Western/Southern Asia

Economy brands top Indian pet care market, but premium growing

With both domestic and international brands, the pet food market in the planet’s most populous nation is growing.

A Vibrant Phad Painting Of Two Dogs Eating Kibble With Indian Landmarks In The Background

Latin America/Carribean

Mars inaugurates new distribution center to serve growing Brazilian market

Aiming at the Brazilian pet food market potential, the new US$5 million center should distribute more than 70,000 tons of products in 2025.

Origami Dog Made From A Brazilian Real

Global Commerce

Why the global pet economy is poised to surpass $500 billion by 2030

Bloomberg Intelligence projects strong growth across pet food and care categories, driven by evolving consumer habits, e-commerce expansion and long-term pet humanization trends.

A new report from Bloomberg Intelligence noted the humanization of pets continues, with animals increasingly seen as full members of the family.

Global Commerce

Pet industry coalition forms to address tariff impacts, host educational webinar

Seven leading trade groups are collaborating to assess and respond to tariff-related challenges affecting pet food, live animals, pharmaceuticals and other industry sectors.

Seven leading pet industry organizations unite to host a tariff webinar.

Pet Food Market

Argentine ag co-op launches Lokal pet food brand with $6M production facility

The Guillermo Lehmann Cooperative enters Argentina’s growing pet food market with a modern plant focused on premium, additive-free dog and cat food.

Pet Food Market

Pet adoptions drive growth in Mexico’s pet food market

Petco México’s 100,000 adoptions highlight how rescue initiatives expand the country’s pet food sector by turning stray animals into lifelong consumers.

Petco México has reached a major milestone: 100,000 pet adoptions since launching its “Primero Adopta” campaign in 2013.

Poland’s Bemo to expand into cat food, boost export reach

Holistic dog food producer Bemo eyes wet and dry cat food launch while Bulgarian biotech firm Nasekomo reaches a milestone in its industrial insect farming platform.

Poland’s pet food maker Bemo specializes in homeostatic dog food and is planning to add wet and dry cat food to the firm’s product portfolio.

Symrise reports solid Q1 2025 growth

Symrise Pet Food

Pet food ingredient supplier Symrise posts 4.2% organic growth in Q1, driven by strong demand in food and beverage segments and moderate gains in pet food.

Global Commerce

Pet food holds strong amid economic headwinds, but caution still warranted

Economist Ernie Tedeschi says pet food remains resilient amid 2025’s economic turbulence — but warns companies to watch for shifting consumer habits and trade risks.

Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics, The Budget Lab at Yale Law School, presented the keynote speech at Petfood Forum 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

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