The first international office of the meat processing company will serve the Middle East. The company exports 20% of its output.
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The final panel of the 4th Brazil Africa Forum, in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, was moderated by the CEO of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby.
According to ABPA, the sector’s association, Brazilian companies exported 3.7 million tons in the first ten months of the year.
The MKTPlace Plataform already enabled 82 innovation and agricultural exchange projects between researchers in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The experience will be shown in a UN event.
The Chamber and the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (Abiec) will step up their advertisement efforts. The agreement was signed this Monday by Antônio Jorge Camardelli and Marcelo Sallum.
Foreign purchases of the product by the Brazilian market declined to 27,000 tons from January to July of this year if compared to the same months of 2015. However, olive oil imports from Arab countries went up.
The amount grossed from forest extraction and silviculture last year was down from USD 6.1 billion in 2014, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Items including maize, cotton, rice, cocoa, oranges and tomatoes are expected to drive a drop in Brazilian crops’ value in 2016 over last year, but the result will still be the third best since 1989.
It will promote products from its members at the International Exhibition for Agricultural Investment and Technologies, from October 19 to 22. The Chamber’s participation is a partnership with a Tunisian agency.
The event happens on November 3 and 4 in Foz do Iguaçu. Specialists will cover topics including partnerships, financing, technology transfer and management. Registrations are open.
Foreign sales from Brazil grossed USD 4.2 billion from January to September, with over 1 million tons shipped abroad.
Crop forecasts by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics have been on a downward trend for the last few months and reached 183.9 million tons. Last year, 209.6 million tons were harvested in the country.
The country purchased almost 19,000 tons from Brazil in September and ranked ahead of China. In the poultry sector, Brazilian exports increased in the month after a decline in August.
After five years of lower levels, price of the commodity is rebounding and is influencing Brazil’s exports to the Arab market. And it should continue on an upward path.
