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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.
Brazilians bought 166.7 tonnes of dates from the Arab countries between January and November in 2004. Of this total, 165 tonnes came from Tunisia. The country in North Africa is the main supplier of the dry fruit to Brazil amongst the Arabs. In Brazil, the dates are mainly used to make sweets typical of the Arab cuisine.
The sales rose from 2.9 million tonnes between January and October 2003 to 5.3 million in the same period this year. Sector representatives in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, the second largest sugarcane producer in Brazil, are going to participate in fairs in Saudi Arabia and Syria next year so as to further increase sales. The state produces 1.8 million tonnes of sugar and has a special terminal to ship sugar in bulk at the Port of Paranaguá.
Brazilian farmers are going to harvest 61.4 million tonnes of soy in the next harvest. The price reduction should stimulate the growing of the genetically modified (GM) variety, as GM seeds demand less use of pesticides. The Brazilian government has authorized the sowing and trade of GM seeds by a Provisory Measure (MP). Despite the lower prices paid for GM soy, farmers are stimulated to produce this kind of seed as the prices of maize, the alternative to the product, are also very low.
The figure forecasted for the year is 42% grater than that registered in 2003. The Agriculture Ministry estimates also show a 23% increase in the shipping of cattle, pork and chicken meat. Last year, Brazil sold 3.43 million tonnes on the foreign market. This year a total of 4.2 million tonnes should be traded. Algeria and Egypt are among the countries that presented the greatest growth as destinations for exports of raw cattle beef.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports reached US$ 36.037 billion between January and November this year. This performance is 29.2% greater than the US$ 27.8 billion in the same period in 2003. It is also the largest volume registered in the period since 1989. The figure is also much larger than the
Of the US$ 33 billion trade balance surplus the country should have this year, US$ 30 billion should come from agribusiness. These forecasts are by the National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA). In the last three years, the trade balance surplus of agricultural products was greater than that of total Brazilian trade. In 2002, for example, the foreign trade surplus of the agricultural sector was US$ 20.3 billion, and the total country surplus was US$ 13.1 billion.
Brazil already exports cattle beef to 140 countries. In the evaluation of the executive director of the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association, Antonio Camardelli, the number of destinations is going to rise, at least, to 150. Foreign sales, according to him, are going to rise at least 10%. The Arab countries already answer to 16% of the revenues obtained by the sector on the foreign market and should continue growing in importance.
Fruit planters from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul are sending strawberries, myrtles, raspberries, and mulberries to importers in Italy, France, Germany, England, Holland and Spain. The shipping began in September and will go on up to March.
A vessel under a Bangladeshi flag is receiving a 10,500-ton load of cottonseed. The product is to go to Saudi Arabia. This shipping is experimental and serves as a test for Antonina Port as an option to ship the commodity to the Middle East.
This is the estimate of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef). If confirmed, the figure will be 40% greater than that registered in 2003, a record for the sector.
Brazilian producers exported to 140 countries between January and October, against 106 during the same period last year. Egypt and Algeria are amongst the 10 main buyers of the Brazilian product.
