Sales to Middle East and North Africa countries increased 5.8% and totaled US$ 156.1 million year-to-date. Volume shipped, however, declined 1.5%.
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Still, despite a 1% increase over August, prices of commodities tracked by the FAO remain at their lowest in six years.
This month, Brazilian chicken producers will attend Anuga, the German food fair, expecting business rounds with importers from all over the world, among them Arab ones.
Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has allocated the funds for the coffee crop. The money can be spent on funding crops, purchasing inputs, labor, among other related operations.
The Ministry of Agriculture has launched a program to improve milk quality and make the product more competitive both domestically and internationally. By 2019, R$ 387 million (US$ 94.81 million) will be invested.
Processed coffee output in the country should reach 42.15 million 60-kilo bags this year. The numbers are from a survey released this Tuesday (29th) by the National Supply Company (Conab).
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the total produced by Brazilian crops and pastures reaches US$ 122.58 billion this year.
The country produced 725 million dozen eggs in Q2 of this year. According to the Brazilian statistics institution, it was the highest volume of production since the survey started in 1983.
FAO’s international price index dropped 5.2% in August from July. The US dollar hike relative to Brazil’s real drove down sugar prices abroad and contributed to the decline.
Revenues from foreign sales declined 17% last month and year-to-date. Economist believes in a rebound by next year.
The 2014/2015 crop was larger than the preceding one, the National Supply Company reported. This time, 209.5 million tons were harvested, a 15.9 million-ton increase. Higher maize output was a factor.
Brazil sold US$ 134.5 million worth of product to the Arab world from January to August this year, a 4.67% increase from a year ago.
The increase occurred in volume in the first eight months of the year over the same 2014 period, according sector’s association. In August there was also an increase in shipments. Dollar revenues dropped in both periods.
Revenues topped US$ 900 million in July, an increase of 2% over the same month of 2014. Egypt was the highlight and stood at fifth place among Brazil’s largest markets.
