The information channel about business opportunities outside the country was one of the programs announced yesterday by Development minister Luiz Fernando Furlan at the offices of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp). The other was simplification of the drawback system, which provides tax breaks on import of raw material.
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Coinbra Group is going to invest in productive capacity increases. Part of the funds will be financed by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). The company is the 12th largest exporter in Brazil.
Agribusiness and oil provided the fuel for these results. The rank of global exporters has also changed: Germany has overtaken the USA and is now in first, and Brazil rose one position.
Fruit Logistica received more than 22,000 visitors from 90 countries. Brazil, which took 18 companies to the event, has the third largest fruit production in the world, 34 million tonnes.
The share reached 10.2%, against an average of 8% registered since 1999, according to the IBGE. The value of the agribusiness chain rose to around US$ 47.6 billion.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Over 3,000 people, among breeders, sportsmen, and public in general, went to the Santo Amaro Horse Club in the southeastern city of São Paulo, between March 25 and 28, to participate in the 19th Interstate Arabian Horse Exhibition. Promoted by the Brazilian Arabian Horse Breeders Association (ABCCA), the event
The president of the international association is in the country to evaluate the local infrastructure and participate in the first phase of the Visit Brazil Playing Golf (Conheça o Brasil Jogando Golfe) circuit, a program supported by the official Brazilian Tourism Agency (Embratur).
This harvest increase is connected to the reduction of summer harvests, such as soy and maize, stated the president of the Winter Crop Productive Chain Sector Chamber, Rui Polidoro Pinto.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Brazil is the world leader in collection and final destination of empty pesticide containers. This year, the National Institute of Empty Package Processing Industries (Inpev) should remove 11,700 tonnes of packages from the environment. In the first two months of 2004 alone, 2,200 tonnes of packages were collected, against
From the Newsroom São Paulo – The Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry should publish, today, a new list of products subject to previous inspection before export. From this list, 638 products that used to be controlled by the Federal Police Department (DPF) or by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) have been eliminated. The
The drop in the current soy harvest should be compensated by an increase in international prices. The minister still believes that in the next decade, Brazilian grain production should reach 290 million tonnes per year. "The whole world is watching Brazilian agricultural production with respect and even worry due to our competitiveness," guaranteed minister Roberto Rodrigues.
After ending the first meeting of the Brazil-United States Agricultural Consulting Committee (CCA), the executive secretary of the Agriculture Ministry, José Amauri Dimarzio, declared that the forecast is for Washington to approve sanitary requirements for import of Brazilian cattle beef by May.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – A strike by agricultural inspectors is causing daily losses of US$ 32 million to the Brazilian poultry industry alone, informed Agriculture Ministry executive secretary José Amauri Dimarzio. According to the secretary, the government is after alternatives that may generate an agreement with the category, responsible for inspection of all
