Ambassador Alaa Eldin Roushdy met with Agriculture minister Blairo Maggi. They talked expansion of trade of agricultural products and inputs.
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The previously 10%¨fee was reduced by the Foreign Trade Chamber for a six-month period and up to the limit of 30,000 tons. Morocco and Oman are Brazil’s largest suppliers.
The previously 10%¨fee was reduced by the Foreign Trade Chamber for a six-month period and up to the limit of 30,000 tons. Morocco and Oman are Brazil’s largest suppliers.
The country imported the equivalent of USD 263 million from January to April of this year, down 31% from the comparable period in 2015.
The product’s exports dropped 17.4% in volume and 27.3% in revenues in May. Lebanon was listed as the 18th largest market for the Brazilian coffee abroad.
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.
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.
