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.
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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.
The country was expecting to surpass the United States in soy harvest volume, but weather issues caused the output to fall short from the target, and the Brazilian crop remains the second largest in the world.
The market’s share in total foreign sales from Brazil went from 4% in the first two months of 2013 to 5% in the same period this year. Sales to the region were up 46%.
Nearly 300,000 tonnes were exported from Brazil in January, up 3.2%. Export revenues stood at US$ 566 million, down 4.4%. The United Arab Emirates are the leading importer of eggs.’
Brazil shipped a higher volume in January to some of the region’s markets, such as Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Algeria.
The Brazilian Development Bank and the Studies and Projects Funding Body will provide US$ 618 million to innovative business plans for the industry. The goal is to boost productivity.
