Agência Brasil* Brasília – The new Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, said that from now on the ministry will "pay much more attention" to the domestic and foreign markets. "That was the instruction I received from president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and I will follow it," Jorge said. Miguel
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Agência Brasil* Brasília – Fishery products as a source of income and food is the theme of the first meeting of the National Council for Aquiculture and Fisheries (Conape), which began today (27) at Saint Paul Hotel, in Brazilian capital Brasília. The meeting includes the special secretary of Aquaculture and Fishery (Seap), Altemir Gregolin, and
Exports to the region yielded US$ 615.5 million in the first two months of the year, and US$ 266 million in February alone. The largest importers were Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Algeria. Main products exported were meats, sugar, coffee, forestry products and live cattle.
Revenues from foreign sales of the commodity had a 21.48% increase compared with the same month last year. A total of 232,200 tonnes were shipped, 16,76% more than in February 2006. In the accumulated result for the year, the Middle Eastern countries imported US$ 150.87 million in chicken meat.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports reached US$ 7.3 billion between January and February this year, with growth of 25.5% over the same period last year. The value was record for the first two months of the year. Imports totalled US$ 1.2 billion, presenting an increase of 34.4%, and a surplus of
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil should double foreign sales of maize in this crop to eight million tonnes. In the previous crop, exports totalled four million tonnes. This information was supplied by the general coordinator of Grain and Annual Cultures at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Sílvio Farnese. According to Farnese,
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Today (16), during the 5th session of the Revision Committee on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification, Brazil is going to present two of its contributions for fighting permanent soil degradation. The first is a report on the implementation of the National Program to Combat Desertification (PAN).
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The grain crop in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia for 2006/2007 reached 5.058 million tonnes. The volume is a record high for the state, and represents a 22.2% increase compared with the previous period. One of the highlights is maize production, which reached 1.130 million tonnes, a 64.7%
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Studies and Projects Funding Body (Finep), an organization connected to the Ministry of Science and Technology is going to invest 12 million Brazilian reais (US$ 5.7 million at current exchange rates) to prepare 32 laboratories that will be in charge of evaluating and attesting the quality of the biodiesel consumed
The Arab country may be benefited by a partnership between the new Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) office in Africa and a Moroccan university interested in the production of biodiesel. The initiative was promoted by the government of Brazil to transfer agricultural technology to African nations and help reduce social inequality.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Fishermen in the Marcílio Dias community, in Rio de Janeiro, who live off fishing in Guanabara Bay, get a new cooperative today (9). The investment, R$ 1.8 million (equivalent to US$ 855,000 at current exchange rates), was made by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. The former cooperative was completely redone
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian coffee exports yielded US$ 3.4 billion between March 2006 and February this year. According to the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (CeCafé), this is an all-time record for a 12-month period. A total of 28 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee were exported. According to CeCafé, in February alone, foreign
