The good agribusiness performance in Brazil, especially in soy, has caused a rise in fertilizer consumption, which is produced with from raw materials imported from the Arab countries. This year there has already been a 17.7% increase in the purchase of these substances from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, and Morocco.
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This year international sales of Brazilian honey should surpass 2002 sales in 40%. This performance, which is greatly due to a drop in Chinese export because of product contamination, has stimulated the apparition of many small apiaries. Apart from supplying to markets such as the European and the North American, the producers want to invest in new destinations, such as the Arab countries.
Agência Brasil Brasília – A Chinese technical mission will arrive in Brazil on November 14, to inspect slaughterhouses in the country and authorize the expansion of Brazilian meat exports to that country. This is one of the results of the week-long visit by the Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues, to China. During the past 12
Brasiliana company in Ceará state (northeastern Brazil) wants to produce and export food made from almonds and cashew nuts. So as to make the initiative, which counts on the support of the Ceará state government, possible, the business is after around US$ 200,000 investment.
Hazem Omar, of trading company Otco Sugar, states that this middle term project is of relatively low cost and high return. Egypt is the second largest Brazilian sugar buyer, losing only to Russia.
On a trip to the Gulf countries, representatives from the local Agriculture and Livestock Federation were surprised by the amount of products that the Arabs are interested in purchasing.
Product shipping is in its final states. In total, the cooperative from the southeastern state of Minas Gerais will supply 2,300 tons of powdered milk to the United Nations World Food Programme, in a US$ 5 million deal.
Beef trade has been made possible after a sanitary agreement between the two countries. Antonio Camardelli, from the industry association, believes that in future annual trade may reach 100,000 tons.
Agência Brasil Porto Alegre – Representatives of a state-run Chinese food company, Chinatex, who are visiting southern Brazil at the moment, have announced interest in purchasing one million tons of genetically modified (GM) soybeans grown in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Last year China imported 1.4 million tons of Rio Grande do Sul
Based on a study by the Brazilian National Food Supply Company (Conab), the Agriculture, Livestock and Supply Ministry informs that production can reach 127.7 million tons, with growth between 1.5% and 4.2% in comparison with the previous year.
