Brazil is going through the fourth day of a truckers’ strike, which has been impacting foreign sales, since meat cargos have been having difficulties to reach the ports. Per day, exports have declined by nearly 1,200 containers.
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Purchases saw a 10.8% drop in April and a 13.2% drop in the first four months of the year.
Exports by Brazilian agribusiness totaled USD 8.89 billion last month. Year-to-date, exports generated USD 30.5 billion, up 4.4%.
The National Supply Company (Conab) said 2017-2018 grain and oilseed output is poised to reach 232.6 million tons, which would be second only to the preceding crop season.
The region accounted for 31% of the meat company’s foreign sales between April 2017 and March of this year.
The country shipped USD 343.5 million worth of coffee in April, a drop of 12% over the same month of 2017. Year-to-date, foreign sales totaled USD 1.6 billion, also a decline of 12%.
Foreign sales of fruits generated USD 3.1 billion to the African country in four months, an increase of 97%.
The extension of the partnership Brazilian Rice was made official by Brazil’s exports promotion agency Apex-Brasil and the sector association Abiarroz in Porto Alegre (RS). Actions are being developed for the Saudi market.
Brazil sold USD 190 million worth of beef to the region from January to March. In volume, there was an even sharper increase.
The move affects nine different meat packers, and 12 of the plants are BRF’s. Agriculture minister Blairo Maggi has pledged to file a complaint with the WTO.
Restrictions have been put in place as a consequence of the Brazilian Federal Police’s ‘Operation Weak Flesh.’
Foreign sales were up 14.9% on average per day year-on-year in the first two weeks of the month. Revenue increased by 9.8%.
The first nine months of the 2017-2018 crop season, which began in June 2017, saw 855,800 tons shipped from Brazil.
The Saudi government agreed to a Brazilian request and allowed for Brazilian poultry to be exported until May 1, while the issue over the electric shock before the slaughtering is discussed.
