Browsing: Agribusiness

Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil is counting on a revision of its export quotas,especially chicken exports, for the Russian market next year. Details are being worked out right now during the visit by Russian vice prime minister, Boris Alioshin, who is in Brasilia at the head of a trade mission. Alioshin says a decision on

Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Agribusiness grew 1.8% in Brazil in 2003. For the third year in a row, this rate was superior to industrial growth in general, which last year registered only a modest 0.3%. According to data released Friday (13) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), between 2000 and

Agência Brasil Brasília – The decision to suspend imports of chickens and their genetic material from the United States will not be detrimental to the Brazilian poultry industry, says Ariel Mendes of the Brazilian Aviculture Union. “For security reasons these firms have genetic material in various countries. When there is a problem in one country

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

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