This week, tax exemption was approved for imports of goat and sheep hides and skins for the shoe industry. Foreign suppliers include Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Algeria, which exported to Brazil, from January until July, US$ 1.34 million in hides and skins.
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Exports of agriculture and cattle raising products from Brazil to the Arab world reached US$ 2.5 billion between January and July this year, a value 20.8% greater than recorded in the same months of last year. Items such as dairy products, tobacco, coffee, cereals, fruits, and meats are among those whose sales to the region grew the most during the period.
The value corresponds to the month of July, when foreign sales of the product recorded a 106% increase over the same month of last year. A total of 284,00 tonnes were shipped, 53% more than in the same period of 2006. The main buyer was the Middle East.
The 1st Brazilian National Conference on Fighting Desertification, which started yesterday and will continue until tomorrow, in the northeastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza, is going to study ways of combating the degradation of arid, semiarid, and subhumid regions. The process affects regions inhabited by 44 million people in Brazil.
Agência Sebrae* Brasília – Brazilian honey exports continue to grow in the accumulated result for the year. Despite the maintenance of the European embargo on Brazilian honey and the slowdown in exports during the months of June and July, there has been a slight increase in export value in the first seven months of this
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Meat exports from Brazil reached US$ 6.1 billion in the first seven months of this year. Foreign sales of the soy complex (chaff, oil and grain) totalled US$ 6.7 billion. Soy has been the main product in the Brazilian export basket since 1989, when the historical series was initiated.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian grain production should grow by 7% compared with the previous crop, totalling 131.15 million tonnes, according to the 11th survey conducted by the National Food Supply Company (Conab). In a comparison with the previous month, the increase is 0.5%. Whole cottonseed culture, according to the Conab press office, recorded
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – in the first half of this year, the Brazilian agroindustry grew by 4.6%, compared with the same period of last year. In the first six months of 2006, the growth rate had been of 1.1% in comparison with the first half of 2005. In the accumulated result for 2006,
Cooperatives in the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil, should post record high exports in 2007. Forecasts show that they should invest more than 1 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 530.3 million) this year. The sugar and alcohol sector is one of the highlights: it will invest 242% more than it did last year. The cooperatives should also invest more in logistics and storage.
