São Paulo – A mission from Brazil that visited Morocco in the last few days advanced on negotiations for the Arab country to open up to Brazilian products like dairy, natural casings, bovine genetic material, honey and honey products, and leather, and discussed tariff rate quotas on the export of beef and poultry. Clearance for Morocco’s mandarins to break into Brazil was also agreed upon.
The information is from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, which together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held actions in Morocco. “Tariff rates charged on the Moroccan government are as high as 200% for frozen beef and 100% for raw poultry,” Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement over the weekend. The quota system usually allows a certain volume of goods to enter the country under a reduced or exempted import rate.
Negotiations were led by Julio Ramos, deputy secretary of commerce and international relations at the Agriculture Ministry, featuring Alexandre Parola, Brazil’s ambassador to Morocco, and Ellen Laurindo, Brazil’s agricultural attaché. They had meetings with government officials, particularly from Morocco’s National Food Safety Office (ONSSA). Agreements in the interests of the agriculture of both countries were signed, too.
Brazil participated in SIAM
The mission was in the Arab country to participate in the 16th International Agricultural Exhibition in Morocco (SIAM), one of the biggest agricultural events in Africa that draws in around 1 million visitors from 70 countries every edition. The exhibition took place in Meknes, located in northern central Morocco, and featured a Brazilian area with businesspeople from the Latin American country.
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Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry stresses that Morocco is one of the 50 countries that opened their markets to Brazil in the past 16 months, allowing imports of pet foods and other goods from Brazil. Morocco was the fourth leading destination of Brazilian exports in Africa at USD 1.23 billion in 2023, when trade between the two countries reached USD 2.65 billion. Morocco is a major supplier of fertilizers for Brazil.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
