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.
Browsing: Agribusiness
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.
A Japanese mission will be coming to Brazil to buy meats, fruit, and eggs. In turn, agriculture minister Roberto Rodrigues is going to stimulate Brazilian businessmen to participate in the largest agribusiness fair in Asia: Foodex-Japan.
The annual aggregate result was export of US$ 19.4 million, consolidated due to excellent foreign trade performances in December 2003. Among the most important markets for the sector are the Dutch and the North American.
Producers from the states of São Paulo and Paraná already export 1.5 million eggs/month to the Saudis. This year, perspectives are for an increase in sales to the region and new deals in the United Arab Emirates.
Copagril slaughterhouse, located in Marechal Cândido Rondon (Paraná state), should be ready by the end of the year and capacity will be for processing of 170,000 chickens per day. The idea is to export 45% of production.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The state of Bahia, which is now exporting papaya to the European Union, could be exporting the fruit to the US before the end of this year. Bahian papaya is now within the sanitation standards of the so-called "system approach," which is a tracking process that monitors planting, growth, transportation and
In the northern state of Tocantins alone, grain shipping rose by 177%. In the centre-western state of Goiás, the increase was 170%. An increase in export to China, a reduction in the US harvest, and mad cow disease contributed to this performance.
The objective of producers and the government is that foreign trade reach US$ 1 billion/year up to 2010. In 2003 foreign fruit trade totalled 668,900 tonnes. The United Arab Emirates are among the main buyers of Brazilian fresh fruit.
The Brazilian Arabian Horse Breeders Association (ABCCA) invests in modernization of departments increasing the speed of services to breeders and making it possible to access documents on the Internet.
Avian flu in Asia may help, but the Brazilian Aviculture Union believes that the situation is not yet very clear. Last year, Brazil exported US$ 1.8 billion to 122 countries.
