Brazil is the fifth largest cotton processing country with a 3% share of the world’s market. This is used mostly to satisfy domestic demand which is expected to increase slowly over the medium term but is not expected to surpass the levels recorded in late 2000s, when global per capita consumption of cotton reached historical highs. Brazilian meat production is expected to continue its fast growth in the coming decade. The depreciation of the Brazilian real relative to the US dollar, lower projected feed costs, improved animal genetics along with better health and nutrition, combined with an increasing domestic and international demand should sustain the projected expansion of Brazilian meat production.