Revenues from sales of Brazilian wheat to the Arab world reached US$ 175 mn in January and February. In the whole of last year, sales reached US$ 37 mn. Product was shipped from Rio Grande do Sul.
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Revenues reached US$ 606 million last month. Sales totalled 2.664 million bags.
The Brazilian soy crop is poised to grow by 2.3%. Exports should also rise, driven mainly by the high price of the commodity.
Conab projections for the 2010/2011 crop point towards record production of 154.2 million tonnes of grain in Brazil.
Brazilian foreign sales in February totalled US$ 161.7 million. The value exported in the first two months of the year, US$ 302.7 million, was the best result in recent years.
The government is taking to states the Low Carbon Agriculture programme, which makes available funds for producers to reduce their carbon emissions.
This year, the country should grow 1.6 million hectares of wheat, of which 752,000 hectares will be irrigated. Last year, there was a crop reduction due to pests and climate problems.
The institution announced it will grant credit to the government of Rio de Janeiro to finance works on agriculture in the mountain region of the state, which was heavily affected by rains in January.
The country in North Africa was chosen as a priority market for exports of the Brazilian sugar and alcohol energy sector. The objective is to sell entire mills to the Arabs.
Agronomist Paulo Suassuna travelled to Morocco to speak about cactus production for animal feed in small properties in Sergipe. Moroccans should now come to Brazil to learn about cultivation.
Algeria, Morocco and Egypt were the highlights in the Brazilian agribusiness trade balance in January. In total, sector exports were 26.3% greater in the first month of the year.
Foreign sales of Brazil totalled US$ 141.1 million in January. The result was the best for the month in recent years, according to figures the Confederation of Brazilian Hides and Skins Industries.
A project is being developed aimed at improving rice production in several African countries, among them Mauritania. Distribution of quality seeds is part of the plan.
In January this year alone, chicken exports rose 235% in volume and 301% in values in comparison with the same month in 2010. The Ubabef forecasts further growth in sales.
