Browsing: Agribusiness
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian poultry exports yielded US$ 216.7 million in May, which represented a drop in 22.5% in relation to the same month last year. There were 196,400 tonnes of the product shipped, a reduction in 17.8% in comparison to the same period in 2005. The information is from the Brazilian
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports added up to US$ 17.1 billion in the first five months of the year, with an increase of 7% over the same period in 2005. The value is a record for the periods from January to May. Imports totalled US$ 2.5 billion, generating a surplus of
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A research by the Federal University of Minas Gerais shows that coffee may be a source for production of biodiesel, according to information published by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. Biodiesel may be produced from coffee oil, made from damaged coffee grains, which are not used for
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Paraná state, the second largest producer of soy, in the south of Brazil, is going to host, between June 5 and 8, in the city of Londrina, the fourth edition of the Brazilian Soy Congress. The meeting is promoted by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and should bring
Advertising agency Young & Rubicam is preparing an advertising campaign to promote Brazilian chicken in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Russia. The initiative is of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef), which is investing US$ 10 million in the project to launch brand Brazilian Chicken.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply informed this Friday (19) that Tunisia opened its market for Brazilian live cattle. This comes after the zoo-sanitary demands were established, suggested by the Brazilian government and accepted by Tunisia. Currently Tunisia imports only poultry (chicken and turkey) from Brazil. *Translated by
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, inaugurates today (19) an experimental biodiesel unit of Petrobras located in Guamaré, coastal city located in the northern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. With daily production capacity of 3,000 litres of biodiesel, using vegetable oils as raw materials, the new
The Brazilian slaughterhouse Friboi started producing and exporting organic beef at the end of 2004. Last year they shipped, on average, 24 tonnes of products per month and this year they expect to surpass 50 tonnes. The main destinations were the United Arab Emirates, France, Holland and Germany.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian rice exports reached 107,200 tonnes in the first four months of the year. The increase over the period from January to April 2005 was 16%. Last year, Brazil exported 400,000 tonnes of rice, with growth of 643% over 2004. *Translated by Mark Ament
