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
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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.
Last year 2.470 million tonnes of the product was shipped, which represented a 26% increase in relation to 2003. In terms of revenue, there was an increase of 44%. The Middle East was the region that bought the most in terms of volume, a total of 750,000 tonnes.
Sales of unindustrialized coffee from Brazil to the region generated US$ 59 million, or US$ 29 million more than in 2003. The Arabs consumed 853,000 bags of Brazilian coffee, an increase of 36.4% in terms of volume. In general, Brazilian coffee exports, including those of soluble coffee, rose 31.4% in terms of revenues, pushed by the increase in the price of the commodity. In 2005 there should still be an increase in export revenues, but a reduction in the quantity shipped.
