The owner of trading company El Ssad, from Libya, will come to Brazil before the 20th of April to talk to representatives of Cocarol, a cooperative of agriculture industries in the city of Rondon, interior of the state of Paraná. Cocarol already owns an alcohol plant and is starting to build a sugar mill. El Ssad wants to invest in the business and later import the production.
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian coffee export revenues rose 60% in the month of March when compared to the same period in 2004. Revenues rose from US$ 181 million to US$ 290 million. In terms of volume, there was also growth, but smaller: 9.1%. Germany is still the main Brazilian green coffee importer.
The Integratet Production System (SAPI) will allow a more rigorous control of beef production. The majority of fruit exportes has already adopted de system.
Villa Germânia started selling on the foreign market last year and, next year, intends to enter the European and Arab countries. The company was born to supply the demand by the German colony that lives in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Villa Germânia also produces rabbit, guinea fowl, and mule duck liver, used in the production of pate.
The Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues confirmed the event, scheduled for September 24 and 25, in Salvador, Bahia.
Recipe that came to Brazil with the immigrants, at the end of the nineteenth century, is the secret of the dairy President, from the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. The company produces 60,000 units of cheese every month and supplies the shelves of the main supermarkets in the country.
The Arab country is currently one of the main importers of Brazilian cattle beef. During a meeting that took place last weekend, representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Muslim Organizations in Brazil and the Brazilian embassy in Cairo also discussed the possibility of product inclusion in the trade treaty negotiated between the Mercosur and Egypt.
The first shipment – of 8,500 heads of cattle – took place last week, from Rio Grande port, in southern Brazil. Up to the end of the year, there should be another two shipments of similar magnitude. The sale satisfied farmers who, due to the drought in the region, are currently going through financial difficulties. The animals were sold at prices ranging from US$ 0.51 and US$ 0.57 per kilogram.
Brazilian rice exports should rise 416% this year when compared to 2004. Apart from the traditional markets, rice producers from the state of Rio Grande do Sul negotiate the sale of the grain to other countries, among them the Arabs. A trading company form the United Arab Emirates interested in importing the product got in contact with the Federation of Rice Associations of Rio Grande do Sul (Federarroz). Another potential market is the Saudi, the fourth largest rice importer in the world.
February shipping to the Arab country totalled 18,890 tonnes and generated US$ 19.88 million. In total, Brazilian exports last month totalled US$ 189.3 million and 153,400 tonnes.
External sales reached US$ 230.4 million last month, which corresponded to shipments of 215,640 tonnes. Countries in the Middle East were the ones which imported the most of the product in the first two months of the year, adding up to 133,420 tonnes.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Agribusiness exports reached US$ 2.782 billion in February, a historic record for the month and 23.4% more than the value exported in the same period in 2004. The surplus was US$ 2.398 billion, with a 25% increase over the result obtained in February 2004. Sector imports totalled US$ 384
Farmers from the northern Brazilian state of Roraima established a cooperative with the support of the Sebrae so as to transform the fruit into paper. Twenty-six farmers are working on the project with their families.
