The group has a production of 15,000 tons a year in four farms in the São Francisco River Valley, in northeastern Brazil. Part of the fruit is exported to the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. The United Arab Emirates is among the importers.
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Agência Brasil* Brasília – The estimate for grain production in the 2005/2006 crop, published today (03) by the National Food Supply Company (Conab), expects growth of up to 10% in the Brazilian production, when compared to last year. The forecast is that grain production should reach 124.9 million tonnes. Last year, the country produced 113.5
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The third edition of the International Business Roundtable, to be held during the Expofruit 2005, International Trade Fair of Irrigated Tropical Fruit Growing, in the city of Mossoró, in the northern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, between the 21st and 22nd of October, should generate US$ 20
The 1st Expo Árabe will be the main attraction of the last day of the National Horse Week, to go on up to Saturday in the Brazilian federal capital. According to the Brazilian association of Arab horse breeders, the horse used by emperor Dom Pedro I at the proclamation of independence of Brazil was an Arabian horse.
Foreign sales of the product totalled US$ 331.5 million last month, which corresponded to the shipment of 255,000 tonnes. The countries of the Middle East are still the main importers in terms of volume, with a total of 626,600 tonnes in the first nine months of this year.
External sales of the Brazilian product yielded US$ 101.5 million. In volume, 56,400 tonnes were shipped, 16% more than in the same month last year.
The shipping generated US$ 2.583 billion between January and September, against US$ 2.094 billion in the same period in 2004. The increase was greater than that registered in total shipments in the sector. To the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., the figures show that the Arab market still represents great space to be won.
The sector registered external sales that are 8.8% greater between the months of January and September this year in relation to the same period in 2004. Sugar and alcohol were the highlights in the basket of exported products, with an increase in 56.8% in its exports.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The revenues of Brazilian coffee exports increased by 18.4% in September in relation to the same month last year. Income was of US$ 206 million. In terms of volume there was a decrease in business by 23.6%. The information is from the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (CeCafé). In the
The agricultural machinery producer, based in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, exports to over 80 countries. Among them are Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Syria and Tunisia. The eight countries were responsible for 10% of the total sold abroad by Jacto last year.
The product started being cultivated in the Arab country in 1820 and was the main source of income for most local families for many years. Tewfic Youssef Tewfic, of the Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt, recalls that in the past, the harvest period was a time of plenty in Egypt.
Roses, sword lilies, gerberas, chrysanthemums, daisies and carnations have changed the reality of 200 families from the city of Maracás, in the northeastern state of Bahia. Ever since the Program for Development of Floriculture was created, in 1997, the city has won awards and prizes and has gained international recognition. In 2000, Maracás was one of the finalists of the Dubai Award for Best Practices in Local Development.
