The information was released today by the Pork Exporters Association. Last month, shipments yielded US$ 68.9 million. Accumulated so far this year, revenues have added up to US$ 242.9 million.
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Overseas sales reached US$ 221.4 million, which corresponds to the shipment of 206.4 tons. Middle Eastern and African countries bought 10.5% and 44% more, respectively, compared to the same period last year.
Overseas sales of the commodity went from 929,000 tons in the first five months of 2003 to 2.7 million this year. Volume is three times larger. This result was stimulated by the low product quote. From January to May of this year, Brazil has already sold 77% of the total amount traded on the international market in the whole of 2003.
The Brazilian government has decided to pay a larger price for organic produce from family farming. This is so as to encourage ecological agriculture in Brazil. The country already has the second largest number of farmers practicing ecological farming, losing only to Italy.
From the newsroom São Paulo – Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Roberto Rodrigues, expressed optimism regarding advances unblocking negotiations of agricultural negotiations of the World Trade Organizaton (WTO). He informed this Tuesday (15) that a document is being prepared by the NG-5 (a group of which the United States, the European Union, Australia and India
Dairy product shipping generated revenues of US$ 7.3 million in May, 188,7% over the result in the same month in 2003. Of this total, the Arab country answered to US$ 3.1 million. The sector, however, still shows a deficit. Import totalled US$ 8.3 million in the period.
Cattle beef producers brought in US$ 199 million on the foreign market. So far this year, international sales have yielded US$ 866 million. Egypt led the import ranking in the first five months of the year, but in May, Russia headed the list as main buyer.
The Arab countries are replacing import from traditional beef suppliers like the United States and the European Union, and are purchasing more from Brazil. Herds in both regions face mad cow disease. Cattle beef was the product that generated the second largest volume of export revenues in Brazilian agribusiness in May, with sales of US$ 477 million.
