The region’s share in the Brazilian meat company’s foreign sales increased from 17.3% to 20%. Overall, revenues from meat shipments were up 19.4%.
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Sector organization Unica’s projection shows a drop of 16.94 million tonnes in the milling of the 2014/2015 crop in relation to the previous one. Drought will cause the drop in productivity.
Exports increased by 0.4% in quarter one, but revenues were 11.5% lower than in the same period last year. The exchange rate was a factor.
Brazilian production should reach 190.6 million tonnes in the current cycle. The Agriculture minister, Neri Gueller, speaks of ‘supercrops’.
Shipped volume to the region increased from 328,100 bags to 414,400 bags, according to CeCafé. The increase was 26%, higher than the general growth of foreign sales of the product.
Foreign sales of agricultural products profited almost US$ 8 billion in the last month, with an increase of 3.7%. The increase in the soybean shipment was responsible for the performance.
In 2013, 13,790 tonnes of fruit were shipped from Brazil to Middle East and North Africa countries. The industry association believes sales can increase even further.
More than a year after a case which led some countries to ban imports, the Saudi market is still shut off, and buyers are resorting to other suppliers.
The companies have entered into a joint venture to sell raw and refined product. The new company will have offices in Hong Kong, São Paulo, Miami, New Delhi, Moscow, Jakarta, Shanghai, Bangkok and Dubai.
Technicians from African countries were in Tocantins and Goiás to learn about the cropping and processing of the product. A representative of Mauritania was part of the delegation.
In 2013, the meat processing company saw an increase in revenues and exports. The share of Arab countries declined, but combined revenues from their imports increased in relation to 2012.
Ubabef, for poultry, and Abipecs, for pork, are now extinct; their executives have formed the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), for increased representativeness. Relations with Arabs remain the same.
Aside from the two countries, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ranked among the 20 leading targets of the Brazilian industry in February, although their imports have declined.
Revenues from foreign sales to Arab countries declined in January. The two leading importing countries in the region, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, cut down their purchases. Overall, the top-selling product was sugar.
