Brazilian crops will gross US$ 93.2 billion in 2015 and livestock will gross US$ 53.1 billion, says the Ministry of Agriculture. The former is expected to decline and the latter to increase.
Browsing: Agribusiness
Projections from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and research corporation Embrapa show grain production in Brazil will go from 200 million to 260 million tons in ten years. Meats production should also grow.
From July 2014 to June this year, Brazilian producers shipped the most product abroad in a single crop: 36.4 million 60-kilogram bags. Sales to Arab countries declined in the first half of 2015.
Such is the estimate from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association for 2015. According to the organization, buyers are turning to Brazil due to avian flu outbreaks in other producing countries.
The country will be the main supplier responsible to meet the world’s additional food demand in the next ten years, according to a report by OECD and FAO.
In Q1 in Brazil, 1.38 billion chickens were slaughtered, up 2.1% from Q1 2014. The amount of heads of cattle slaughtered was down 7.7%.
The variety is more resistant to plagues and bacteria. If its productivity is to be confirmed, Brazil could reduce imports of Egyptian cotton to manufacture high-end fabrics.
Sales from Brazil to the region grossed US$ 820 million in May. Meats, sugar and soy were the main products shipped during the month.
Foreign sales from Brazil to the country grossed US$ 67 million in May, up 165% from April and nearly 100% from May 2014.
The Saudi delegation that visited Brazilian facilities this month convened with the Ministry of Agriculture and praised the local sanitation program. A report will be submitted to the Saudi king to end the ban.
Estimation for the 2014/2015 harvest added up 2.3 million tons of grains and now totals 204.5 million tons.
Data from exporters’ council indicates that Brazil grossed US$ 87.3 million with coffee exports to the Arab world from January to May of this year, an increase of 2.5%, but the volume shipped dropped.
FAO’s index, which surveys the cost of five groups of commodities, registered in May a decline of 20.7% in comparison to the same 2014 period.
Foreign sales of chicken meat from Brazil amounted to 329,200 tons in May this year. Revenues increased in Brazilian currency and declined in US dollars.
