Shipments abroad dropped 0.6% over the same month of last year. Year-to-date, sales abroad are 7.4% higher with exports totaling USD 36.6 billion.
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Foreign sales of beef from Brazil were up 8% in value and 14% in volume last month. Egypt was the fourth leading buyer and Saudi Arabia was ninth.
The National Supply Company forecasts a crop yield of 196.5 million tons of grains in the 2015/2016 period. A prolonged drought reduced production.
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal Revenue are working together to implement a project that should cut down clearance times for international meat sales.
From January to April, the Arab country imported 6% more product than in the comparable year-ago period. Total exports from Brazil grew 10.9%.
The National Supply Company estimates an output of 49.67 million bags this year, a 14.9% increase over 2015.
The country purchased 364,000 tons from Arab countries in April and 1.14 million tons year-to-date through April. Total imports, however, dropped 6.4% last month.
Consumption expected to exceed production in 7.8 million tons in the 2016/2017 crop, according to estimate by consulting firm INTL FSCStone.
According to new normative ruling, the purchase of chicks and hatching eggs abroad will require a technical report and previous approval of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Arab country will resume imports of live cattle from Brazil after suspending them in 2014 due to disputes related to foot-and-mouth disease.
External sales totaled 2.4 million bags in April and declined in comparison to the same period in 2015, according to balance report released by exporters’ council.
The volume produced in Brazil reached 30 billion liters last year and increased 6% over 2014, according to data by Brazil’s Energy Research Company.
Reduced soy and maize yield is weighing down on the 2015/2016 crop, as per a National Supply Company (Conab).
Brazilian chicken meat purchases by Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt and Oman shared in April. China bought twice as much as it did a year ago.
