From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil should export about 105,000 tonnes of shrimps this year, due to the void in the market left by Thailand and India, countries hit by the tsunamis. The forecast is from the Brazilian Association of Shrimp Farmers (ABCC). Europe is the market with greatest potential to increase purchases. On
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The Arab country imported 17,000 tonnes from Brazil, generating revenues of US$ 18 million. The Brazilian foreign sales added up to US$ 193 million, an increase in 29.17% in relation to the same period last year.
There was a 20.53% increase in revenues in relation to the same period last year. Among the main buyers is Saudi Arabia, which imported the equivalent to US$ 33 million.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, participated last week, in the First International Agricultural Forum, 2005, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The discussions during the two-day meeting revolved around the role of agriculture in the development of Third World countries and government policies to expand the agricultural and technology
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, is participating, today and tomorrow (5), in the First International Agricultural Forum, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The discussions during the two-day meeting will revolve around the role of agriculture in the development of Third World countries and government policies to expand the
The state is the main producer of maize, wheat and beans, and the second in production of soy, losing only to the midwestern state of Mato Grosso. At the end of last year, farmers from the state of Paraná harvested US$ 26 million tonnes of grain and are awaiting a harvest of 30 million tonnes this year. In 2004, Paraná answered to 16% of the Brazilian trade balance.
The cooperatives earned US$ 414 million. In volume, the expansion was of 34% and sales reached 2.15 million tonnes.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Cooperativa Mista Rondon (Copagril), a cooperative from the city of Marechal Cândido Rondon, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, will inaugurate today (28), at 05:00 p.m., a poultry slaughterhouse. The new enterprise should generate around 3,100 new jobs, of which 1,600 direct and 1,500 indirect. Copagril invested around
The Ministry of Agriculture has established for this year a 20% increase in international sales of fresh fruit. The opening of new markets, like the Chinese, Japanese and those of the Arab countries should help the country exceed the 2004 exports, which totalled 850,000 tonnes. Every year, 70% of the Brazilian fruit traded on the foreign market goes to Europe. So as to increase sales to the Arab countries, the Brazilian Fruit Institute is going to participate in two shows in the region in 2005.
After having its structure approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Agrinote, or Commercial Note of Agribusiness, may be issued by sector companies to finance, among others, production, industrial enterprises and exports. The government of Brazil has even created another five papers connected to agribusiness that may be negotiated on the stock market.
This load ended a negotiation process that lasted decades. The liberation of imports of the Brazilian fruit was announced by Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi during his visit to Brazil in September 2004.
Brazil was the country that exported the largest volume of cattle beef last year. Sales generated US$ 2.52 billion and reached 1.21 million tonnes. The country also expanded its markets and started exporting to 40 new countries. Among the main destinations are Arab nations like Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia.
