The two slaughterhouses announced an association agreement that should result in unification of their operations. JBS also informed the purchase of the American Pilgrim’s Pride, in poultry.
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Despite the retraction of the global market, the volume shipped to the region has grown over 20% from January to August. Exports totalled 914,000 tonnes of chicken.
Brazilian farmers produced 134.8 million tonnes of grain. The result is second only to the previous crop, when 144.1 million tonnes were harvested.
The region imported 915,000 bags of coffee from Brazil between January and August, according to figures supplied by the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council. Revenues totalled US$ 111 million.
The announcement was made today by the Abef after consulting with the Brazilian ambassador in Riyadh, Sérgio Luiz Canaes. According to the organization, Saudis trust the Brazilian product’s quality.
The country has brought the tax down from 20% to 5%, with the objective of complying with the regulations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Brazilian embassy in Riyadh has not received any official notice of the request by local farmers for suspension of chicken imports, based on allegations of dumping practices.
Shipments totalled 4.3 million tonnes from January to July 2009, against 3.6 million tonnes in the same period last year. The accumulated volume up to now is already over the total for 2008.
Embrapa is going to work to repair damaged regions for use in agribusiness. According to the president of the research corporation, Pedro Arraes, this may double the Brazilian herd.
Despite the 9.5% reduction in total sector exports, shipments from Brazil to the Arab nations rose 16% in the first seven months of the year and totalled US$ 3.7 billion.
An agreement between Apex and the Brazilian Hereford and Braford Association has as its objectives fostering exports of genetic material of both cattle breeds.
The brand, which is based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and has been exporting rice to Lebanon and Palestine since 2004, also begun selling to Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Algeria this year.
This is the opinion of Agriculture minister Reinhold Stephanes, to whom the picture has evolved much since late last year, when the crisis hit the sector and generated negative expectations.
According to a study disclosed by the National Food Supply Company (Conab), the 2008/2009 crop should be 134.49 million tonnes.
