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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.
From December onwards, the Association of Producers and Processors of Fruits of the Cerrado (Brazilian savannah) will count on an agroindustrial plant for fruit processing. The fruits will be transformed into products such as pulps.
The region was the destination that grew the most in the first half of this year, both in terms of revenues and of shipped volume. Foreign sales yielded US$ 573.8 million, an increase of 83%. A total of 462,000 tonnes were shipped, representing a 56% increase.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian chicken exports yielded US$ 2.145 billion in the first half of this year, an increase of 47% in comparison with the same period in 2006. The export volume reached 1.544 million tonnes, an increase of 24.4%. The data were disclosed today (16) by the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association
Brazilian foreign sales of the commodity totalled US$ 2.2 billion from January until June. In total, 1.36 million tonnes were shipped, an increase of 26.6% compared with the same period last year.
Rigran, one of the main national producers of polymers and dyes for the treatment of seeds, started in 2005 the process for pelletization of seeds of leafy plants and vegetables. The technology, developed in partnership with three European companies, is already exported to countries in Latin America and Europe.
Foreign sales totalled US$ 26.7 billion in the first half of this year. In the month of June alone, shipments amounted to US$ 5 billion, an increase of 19% compared with the same month last year. Soy, meats, juices, and cereals were the highlights.
