The countries in the region are already the greatest importers of chicken meat from Brazil, but they continue increasing their purchases. Exports to the Middle East grew 14% in terms of volume and 41% in terms of revenues between January and November when compared to the same period in 2004, according to the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef).
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Agrícola Fraibrugo is negotiating sales of apples to a large importer in Dubai, which may bring the return to apple exports to the region. The company target is to double the value of exports, growing from the current 15% to 30% of production in a period of five years.
Agência Sebrae* Brasilia – The grape and wine production in the Valley of the São Francisco River is set to get a new boost as of February 2006, when the Grape and Wine Technology Centre should start its operations, in the city of Petrolina, state of Pernambuco, located in the northeastern region of Brazil. The
This is the estimate by the National Food Supply Company (Conab) and represents an increase of 32.2% in comparison to the previous harvest, when the crop totalled 32.9 million bags. Brazil is the second largest world producer of coffee and grows mainly the Conilon and Arabica varieties.
Brazil sold the equivalent to US$ 287 million in agricultural products to the region in the month. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Egypt and Algeria were the main markets. In the accumulated result for the year, the shipment generated US$ 3.1 billion, growth of 24% in comparison to the same period in 2004.
The North Americans authorised the sales of the fruit originated in the two Brazilian regions. Up to now, amongst the Brazilian states, only Espírito Santo had a licence to export papaya to the United States.
These figures were included in a study disclosed yesterday by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The largest contribution came from grown forests, and lumber products were responsible for 84% of the total.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Yesterday the BioFach opened its doors in Rio de Janeiro. It is the most important international organic products fair, a sector that had worldwide sales of US$26.5 billion last year. The fair runs until Friday (18) and will count on the presence of 200 Brazilian and foreign expositions. The
The percentage was well above the growth of sector exports as a whole, 16.9% in the month. Revenues reached US$ 292 million. Between January and October, sales grew 24% over the same period in 2004 and reached US$ 2.8 billion. Coffee and sugar were some of the products that presented an increase in shipment.
Sales of Brazilian pork generated revenues of US$ 121.8 million. In terms of volume, shipments totalled 65,500 tonnes, 45% more than in the same month last year.
Sector sales reached US$ 36.2 billion in the first nine months of the year, a record for the period. The growth was 9.6%. In October, agribusiness exports registered revenues of US$ 3.7 billion, with growth of 16.9% over the same month in 2004.
Agencia Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Next year’s agricultural harvest may reach 126.634 million tons. In 2005, production totaled 112.862 million tons. These numbers are part of the first estimate for the 2006 national production of cereals, leguminous, and oleaginous plants, announced this Tuesday (08), by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). According
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil and China are going to establish a partnership for production of edible and medical mushrooms in Brazil. The director of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Sílvio Crestana, and the vice president of Longyan University, Lin Yuexin, signed the technical cooperation agreement on Friday (4). Yuexin is part
