Agência Brasil Brasília – In the first quarter, the farm sector trade surplus rose 45% to US$6.6 billion, a new record. It is the biggest surplus for the period since records began in 1989. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, farm sector exports from January to March totalled US$7.84 billion, an increase of 37%, compared
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Egypt was the chief importer of Brazilian beef. According to the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), exports to that country amounted to US$ 55.7 million in the first quarter of this year. In 2003 Egypt was the fourth largest importer of Brazilian beef. Chile slipped from first to second
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian beef exports totaled US$ 1.67 billion in the 12-month period ending in March, according to the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA). This was 45% more than the value of beef exports (US$ 1.14 billion) for the April 2002/March 2003 period. According to the CNA, there was a recuperation
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Brazilian chicken exports rose 9.3% in first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year. As if that was not enough good news, revenue from chicken exports jumped over 45% as well, because of an increase of 34.5% in chicken meat prices on international markets. March chicken
The forecasted increase in agricultural production in the southeastern state of São Paulo is 3.2%. The harvest may reach a total of 7.49 million tonnes of grain.
Agência Brasil Brasília – An animal and plant inspection team from Japan arrived in Brazil this week to examine sanitation conditions in the country. The Japanese are studying the possibility of increasing purchases of cooked and frozen meat from Brazil. Last year Japan imported 188,000 tons of Brazilian meats: chicken, in natura and industrialized, along
Agência Brasil Brasília – A Brazilian delegation, headed by the president of the National Supply Company (Conab), Luís Carlos Guedes Pinto, consisting of members of the Landless Rural Worker Movement (MST), are beginning a 15-day visit to Canada to observe family farming there. The group will visit Toronto and the provinces of Quebec, Ontário, Saskawatchan
Agência Brasil Porto Alegre – The president of the Chinese state-run firm, Chinatex, Zhao Boya, who is in Porto Alegre on a visit to Brazil, has confirmed that China wants to buy a total of 2 million tons of Brazilian soybeans. Boya said the decision to buy soybeans grown in Rio Grande do Sul was
Coinbra Group is going to invest in productive capacity increases. Part of the funds will be financed by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). The company is the 12th largest exporter in Brazil.
Agência Brasil Brasília – When they buy food products with genetically modified ingredients, the so-called "transgenics," consumers in Brazil will find on the package the expression "may contain transgenic soybeans" or a symbol with the letter "T" printed in black on a yellow background. This labeling was determined by the Ministry of Agriculture for the
Sales to the Arab countries in the first three months of the year have already generated over half the revenues of the whole of 2003. Specialists bet on increases in the price of the commodity.
