The Egyptians exported 148 tonnes of the product to the Brazilian market between January and July this year. It is the greatest quantity sold to Brazil in the last ten years and represented 8.5% of the total imported by the country in the period. The dehydrated onion is used as a spice or ingredient in industrial condiments.
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Exports of more than 30,000 steers from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul to Lebanon called the attention of other Arab importers. According to Elmar Carlos Hadler, president at the city of Pelotas Rural Association, which gathers the supplying farmers, after sales started in the beginning of the year, another two trading companies, from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, are interested in importing.
Shipments yielded more than US$ 4 billion, while imports added up to US$ 408 million, which resulted in a surplus of US$ 3.6 billion. The highlight of the month were poultry, bovine and swine beef.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Building on understandings reached last year at the Expo Brasil-China, minister Jose Fritsch, head of the Secretariat of Fishing and Aquaculture has met with a delegation from the municipality of Weihai, which produces two million tons of fish a year. That is double total Brazilian fish production. Fritsch says the ties
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The 14th edition of the Brazilian Dairy Cattle Exhibition and International Dairy Industry Expo (Expomilk 2005), which is taking place in São Paulo, includes the participation of 100 foreign businessmen, coming mainly from the United States and Canada. According to a spokesperson for the event, the main interest of
Agência Brasil Brasília – For the last five years the producer coffee market has been in a price crisis. New producing countries have appeared and production in general has increased, upsetting the supply-demand balance. To discuss the problem, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and the International Coffee Organization will sponsor a World Coffee Conference between
After having its death announced in 2003, the fruit has been given a breath of life. Brazilian researchers presented the results of the first phase of the Banana Genome. They have identified over 20 genes that may help in the development of a variety of banana that is more resistant to diseases like the Black Sigatoka, which is killing crops worldwide. Brazil is the second largest banana producer in the world, with 6.6 million tonnes picked last year.
To consolidate traditional markets, such as the United States and Europe, and conquer new markets, such as the Arab countries, the companies invest in technology and training. In the state of Paraná, for example, the National Technology Centre for Wood and Furniture and the Wood Industrial Engineering course at the Paraná Federal University were created.
The shipping to the region generated US$ 1.48 billion in the first half, 15% more than in the first six months of 2004. In the same period, total sector exports grew by 10.2%. Cattle beef and chicken meat, sugar, coffee and soy oil are among the main products in the trade basket.
This information was disclosed yesterday by the executive director at the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association, Antonio Jorge Camardelli. For him, the Arab countries should surpass the European Union as the main importing bloc within two to three years. Currently Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia are already amongst the main buying countries of Brazilian cattle beef.
