From the Newsroom
São Paulo – Farmers from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who are members of the SebraExport Fruit project, a fruit export program coordinated by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae), are going to export 190 tonnes of strawberries, mulberries, raspberries and myrtles.
The shipping, which started in September last year, should continue up to the end of March 2005, generating revenues of around US$ 1.1 million for farmers from Rio Grande do Sul. The main markets for fruit from the state are Italy, England, France, Holland, Germany and Spain.
The SebraExport objective is to provide small companies with technical and commercial support so they may enter and remain on the foreign market. Having started three years ago, the project currently includes 56 farmers from the cities of Bom Princípio, Farroupilha, Caxias do Sul, Flores da Cunha and Vacaria. This information was provided by the Sebrae news agency.
