Agência Brasil Brasília – The state of Bahia, which is now exporting papaya to the European Union, could be exporting the fruit to the US before the end of this year. Bahian papaya is now within the sanitation standards of the so-called "system approach," which is a tracking process that monitors planting, growth, transportation and
Author: Agência Brasil
Agência Brasil Brasília – The deficit in the balance of payments last month was US$ 6.1 billion. Current accounts showed a US$ 349 million surplus, but there was a US$ 6.5 billion deficit in the financial account, due to a US$ 6.3 billion repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These figures were announced today
Agência Brasil Brasília – This Monday Brazil will begin negotiations with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan regarding the opening of markets there for Brazilian meats. A trade mission led by the secretary of Animal and Plant Defense at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mação Tadano, with representatives of the beef, pork and poultry industry, will explain
Agência Brasil Brasília – The present of the Permanent Assembly of Agricultural Chambers of France, Luc Guyaun, met yesterday (19) with the secretary of Agricultural Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ivan Wedekin, to discuss the productivity of Brazilian agrobusiness. According to the secretary, the encounter can result in new business for Brazil. "The French
Agência Brasil Brasília – A Brazilian mission is in Russia, led by minister of Development, Luiz Fernando Furlan, for discussions on more Brazilian imports of chicken, pork and beef. According to Furlan, the quota system put in place last year by Russia could mean much lower sales of poultry and pork, especially, to the tune
Agência Brasil Brasília – The commissioner for Foreign Relations for the European Union, Christopher Patten, who is visiting Brazil, says that it is possible that a European Union – Mercosur trade agreement could be wrapped up by the end of this year. Patten added that some difficult trade questions remain to be worked out. As
