Revenues from shipments between January and October reached US$ 5.56 billion. Nearly 3.2 million tonnes of poultry were exported.
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The first prognosis for next year, disclosed on Wednesday (10) by the IBGE, shows an expected volume 2.8% lower than in the 2010 crop, expected to reach 148.8 million tonnes.
The country is going to invest in developing non-genetically altered grain. The program will be carried out by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and 11 farmers’ organizations.
The forecast was made by the new Meat Exporting Industries Association chairman, who took over the organization a month ago. In October, revenues grew and volume dropped due to high cattle prices.
The commodity’s rising international costs should have a positive effect on the Brazilian trade balance, claims the Sugarcane, Water and Energy director at the Ministry of Agriculture, Cid Caldas.
Sales of the Brazilian product to the Arab market rose from US$ 162.9 million in the first nine months of 2009 to US$ 241.6 million in the same period this year.
Up to Friday, professionals in agriculture and livestock from Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, the Comoros and Algeria will be trained in production of seeds and management of grazing ground.
The president of the Sugarcane Industry Union (Unica), Marcos Jank, stated that the United States and Europe may create barriers to imports of alcohol fuel produced in Brazil.
The Brazilian organic production system may become a reference in tropical countries in the near future. Organic milk production techniques, for example, are already being transferred elsewhere.
MT Foundation, an organisation headquartered in the state, researches to expand the number of bags produced per hectare by 30%. Production in Mato Grosso is the largest in Brazil.
In a seminar on the challenges of citriculture in Brazil, the region was mentioned as an alternative for the country to make up for the declining orange juice exports to its main markets.
Two years ago, some 35 new sugar and ethanol mills were opened in Brazil each year. In 2010, the figure should drop to 12, according to Datagro. The sector, however, is still attractive to foreigners.
Exports in the segment reached US$ 72.3 billion in the last twelve-month period, a record high for the period. In September alone, sales totalled US$ 7.36 billion.
Foreign sales of the product from Brazil reached US$ 591.7 million in September. In terms of volume, 337,800 tonnes were shipped, representing an increase of 16.5% over the same month last year.
