The Agricultural Research Corporation has a cooperation contract with the Spanish Special New Fruit Licencing Mediterraneo, which is testing, in Egypt and Morocco, seedless grapes developed in Brazil.
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According to the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Wagner Rossi, trade relations with the Arabs should continue growing and new products should be added to the export basket.
Brazilian shipments of the product totalled 15,900 tonnes in the first half. Saudi Arabia is also among the importers of eggs from Brazil during the period.
The Arab country’s Agriculture minister, Said Al-Masri, claimed that there is interest in purchasing meats and live animals. He also wants to promote cooperation in the machinery biofuels.
A survey on the foreign market analyzes the international flow of goat and sheep meat and business opportunities for Brazil. The Middle East is believed to have potential for the sector.
Shipments of the Brazilian product totalled US$ 314.4 million in June, representing a 3.1% reduction over the same month of 2009. So far this year, Brazil has sold US$ 74.7 million to the Arab world.
This Tuesday in Kenya, president Lula claimed that he wants to sign an agreement for producing biofuels in the African country. The intention is to transfer Brazilian technology in the sector.
Growers from the North of the state of Minas want to export lady’s finger banana to the Middle East and Europe. The fruit variety, grown only in Brazil, is considered exotic.
From January to March this year, 7.075 million bovines were slaughtered, that is 5.3% less than in the first quarter of 2009. The figures were disclosed by the IBGE.
After four years of study, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation developed a green-and-yellow-peeled squash. The product started being sold last year and is successful during the World Cup.
Nicolini already has the Middle East as the main destination for exports. Now, it has signed a deal with an importer in Bahrain. Contact was made at Arab Brazilian Chamber business roundtables.
Representatives of the sovereign fund of the Arab country visited Brazil several times in recent years to evaluate partnerships in the agricultural sector, especially in irrigation in the Northeast.
Marins Paolillo will open a soy chaff and degummed soybean oil plant in the city of Arinos, in the state of Minas Gerais. It will be ready in 2011 will post US$ 66 million in annual revenues.
The 2010/2011 Crop Plan for the sector was announced today by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The funds exceed the total for the previous program by US$ 559 million.
