Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture prohibited this week the importation of chicken and by-products from the United States. The preventive measure is intended to keep avian influenza (“bird flu”) from entering Brazil. An outbreak of the disease was identified in the United States on Saturday (7). According to the Ministry, it has
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Agência Brasil Brasília – A good part of fruit production on the banks of the São Francisco River is being threatened by continued rainfall. Mango, guava, grapes, papaya, passion fruit, tomato and beans are all at risk. It is estimated that losses could reach US$50 million. The São Francisco River valley has become the principal
This is the evaluation of the Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (Abrapa). With the organization condemnation of North American subsidies, US subsidies may drop by 40%, opening space for other producers, among them Brazil, in a market that has a turnover of 20 million tonnes a year.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Brazil will be exporting 50,000 tonnes of chicken to South Korea in 2004. A team from the country will be visiting Brazil this month to analyse slaughterhouses enabled to export products to the region, and to close the deal, estimated at around US$ 80 million. This information was passed
Brazilian flower producers, responsible for foreign trade of US$ 19.4 million, bet on the creation of a sector chamber to discuss sanitary barriers imposed by some countries, and export difficulties attributed to bureaucracy. If these difficulties are eliminated, in two years it is possible for foreign market sales to reach US$ 60 million, says the president of the Brazilian Institute of Floriculture (Ibraflor).
Agência Brasil Brasília – The bird flu in Asia has given Brazilian chicken exports a boost. Yesterday a trade mission from Korea was at the Ministry of Agriculture to begin negotiations on the purchase of 50,000 tons of chicken. That should bring in US$100 million. According to the executive secretary at the ministry, Amauri Dimarzio,
Agência Brasil Brasília – China is interested in making investments in infrastructure in Brazil, especially in railroads. On the other hand, it wants to import farm produce from Brazil. The executive secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Amauri Dimarzio, says this is a mutually beneficial negotiation. "China needs to supply its market, Brazil needs infrastructure
The president of an association in the sector, however, says that this result cannot be considered the result of avian flu in Asia. He still believes that the cases of avian flu around the world will increase the sales of Brazilian poultry.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Animal sanitation inspectors have set up permanent 24/7 vigilance posts at airports and ports to block the bird flu that is affecting countries in Asia from reaching Brazil. Last year Brazil slaughtered 3.71 billion chickens, producing 7.84 million tons of chicken meat.
Domestic meat production is still small, but profits are attracting more and more businessmen. The first species were brought to the country in 1996 and, now, it is estimated that there are around 50,000 birds and 1,500 producers in the country. Apart from meat, leather, feathers, offspring, and even infertile eggs, the beaks and nails of ostriches also have commercial value.
The federal government is intent on guaranteeing that around 20,000 milk producers who supply to the Italian multinational will stay in business. Agriculture minister Roberto Rodrigues stated that for the time being there will be no government intervention in Parmalat Brasil, which, he says, currently has around US$ 13.6 million in debts with small Brazilian milk producers.
In March, representatives from the Brazilian Zebu Breeders Association are going to participate in a fair in Cairo. The sector is aiming at revenues of US$ 14.8 million this year, through foreign sales of bovine semen, embryos, and live animals.
