Markets in the region absorbed 26% of Brazilian exports from January to April. Five Arab nations are in the list of 10 largest buyers. Sales totalled US$ 1.69 billion.
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The enterprise exported more to the region in the first quarter. The Middle East bought 23.3% of what the company sold abroad. The export performance to Africa was also good.
The Argentinean crop reduction expanded the market for Brazilian soy in the Arab world. Brazil posted US$ 50 million in revenues from sales of commodity to the region between January and April.
The state is also developing a program through which it plans to renew its Arabica coffee crops in 49 cities. The idea is to gain in quality, productivity and to increase the crop.
Foreign sales from the southern Brazilian state grew 31% in April compared with March this year. The figure was US$ 1.12 billion.
The financing approved by the Brazilian Development Bank will be made to Braskem, which is going to produce ethylene and polyethylene from ethanol in Rio Grande do Sul.
The Ministry of Agriculture estimate involves the 20 main crops in the country. A 3.2% reduction is expected over 2008. Nevertheless, the result should be the second highest in history.
The Middle East was one of the three regions of the world, to which Brazilian agribusiness sales grew in April. alongside Africa and Asia. Overall sales decreased by 4.7%.
From January to March, fruit juice sales from the Brazilian state totalled US$ 9.4 mn, as against US$ 3.1 mn in the same period of last year. Assai was the main fruit responsible for the expansion.
Institutions in Morocco are discussing conservation technology transfer with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation. The theme was discussed in an agriculture salon in Meknès.
The evaluation was made by the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Food Supply Company. Brazil should produce a record-breaking cane crop this year and expand sugar and ethanol production.
Sugarcane milling in the Centre-South of Brazil should total 550 million tonnes in the 2009/2010 crop. The estimate was supplied by the São Paulo Sugarcane Agroindustry Union.
The classification, which takes into account quality, was developed by certifier Rainforest Alliance, from the United States. The coffee made by Ipanema Coffees was considered seventh best worldwide.
AgroEX should serve to provide information and promote debates about international agricultural product market rules and practices. The meeting is scheduled for April 27th and 28th, in Minas Gerais.
