Local farmers, a non-governmental organization and coffee company Nespresso are producing one of the first export-oriented products of the youngest country in the world: a variety of Robusta coffee.
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Executives from Aldahra, UAE-based company that operates in the food trade sector, met with the minister of Agriculture, Kátia Abreu, in Abu Dhabi, and promised to visit the country.
Brazilian cattle meat exports were the year’s highest in October and are expected to keep climbing in the second half, following the announcement that Saudi Arabia will start buying again.
Kátia Abreu, minister of Agriculture, took part in ceremony celebrating the first year of the Brazilian company’s Abu Dhabi plant. It processes 70,000 tons of food.
The National Supply Company estimates an increase in the 2015/2016 crop, which should register between 208.6 million and 212.9 million tons.
Exports of the Brazilian product to Middle East and North Africa countries generated USD 175.2 million in revenues this year until October. Shipments grew less at 1%, according to the exporters’ council.
Forecast pointing to weaker crops of products such as maize raised FAO’s Food Price Index, which is surveyed monthly.
External sales of the product declined in the first nine months of 2015, according to honey exporting association. Outlook, however, shows improvement until the end of the year.
Delegations from the Federal University of São Carlos and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency will join forces to create cane varieties adapted to the Arab country from 2016.
The Brazilian meat packer has taken over operations of Colombia’s Red Cárnica in August. Sales to Jordan have begun and there are plans of breaking into Egypt and Lebanon.
Exports totaled USD 100 million in September, an increase of 38%. Year-to-date, shipments totaled USD 793 million, an increase of 17%.
Gross value of the sector’s production increased 1.3% from January to September of this year over the same period of last year.
The volume shipped from Brazil to the two countries increased in September and year-to-date.
Brazil’s minister of Agriculture met with Cevital’s president, Issad Rebrab, on Tuesday (13th) in Brasília, and supported the investments that Algerian company will make in the country’s north region.
