Exports of Brazilian agricultural products to the Middle East generated US$ 505 million in revenues in April. The figure was equivalent to 8.6% of the industry’s revenues from foreign sales.
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Ministers of Agriculture of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in the Brazilian capital Brasília providing for exchange in research and training to scientists, among other actions.
The forum will be held in the Brazilian federal capital on this Wednesday and Thursday. Participants will discuss Latin America’s role in the challenge of doubling food production by 2050.
On Wednesday and Thursday, Brazilian capital should host the World Agricultural Forum, to discuss the part played by Latin America in the challenge of doubling food production up to 2050.
The superintendant at Cocamar, from Paraná, one of the main agricultural cooperatives in Brazil, says that the sector works well in foreign trade, but needs to learn to export more efficiently.
Ten companies and organizations announced the establishment of the Brazilian Alliance for Aviation Biofuels. The objective is to promote the development of renewable sources.
Poultry farm Santo Antônio, headquartered in Minas Gerais, has 20 clients in the Emirates, Qatar and Oman. Now the company aims to diversify its portfolio of products sold on the Arab market.
Brazilian exports to the region generated US$ 55.2 million in revenues in the first four months of the year. A total of 414,000 60-kilogram bags were shipped.
Data disclosed today by Food Supply Company and Geography and Statistics Institute forecast the country’s largest crop. The former estimates 146.81 million tonnes, and the latter, 145.9 million.
A thematic agreement between the GBEP (Global Bioenergy Partnership), in Tunis, is discussing indicators to use in public policies in biofuel. Brazil and Sudan are members of the group.
The theme is being discussed, according to the Ministry of Agriculture Coffee Department director, Robério Oliveira. The country should produce 47 million bags of coffee, the largest crop in 10 years
Industrial cooperative Cocamar, based in the state of Paraná, wants to increase its exports by 44% this year. The fruit juice segment is the bet, and the Middle East is a priority market.
Coruripe, based in the state of Alagoas, has exported sugar to the Arab market since 1994. The Emirates, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria are the destinations.
The 10,000 bulls are being shipped through the Port of Rio Grande, in the first sale of its kind to Egypt. The terminal, in the southernmost Brazilian state, has been exporting to Lebanon since 2005.
