The Middle East country stepped up its purchases of the Brazilian product by 118.6% in July, while two other Arab destinations, Saudi Arabia and the UAE decreased their imports. Despite the Newcastle disease case detected in southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul, overall exports climbed last month.
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Amaro, named after a man who played a Moorish character in the town, is a shanklish, an Arab cheese launched by Lano-Alto. The dairy production of the farm in São Paulo state is guided by a just, ethical management of both pastures and animals, including regenerative agriculture models and micro-cultures.
The top destination in Africa of Brazilian agribusiness goods in the first half of the year, Egypt has dramatically stepped up its purchases of sugar and soybean from the Latin American giant. On the other hand, Egypt supplies a significant volume of fruits to Brazil.
On the other hand, ABPA figures show that chicken sales to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and other Arab countries expanded.
Brazilian multination company reported that the chicken nugget facility in Jeddah will quadruple its production capacity in Saudi Arabia, where it already has a processing plant and distribution centers.
After experiencing two weaker harvests, Brazilian Apple Producers Association expects Brazil to have a better output in 2025, opening up a favorable outlook for exports.
ABPA projects that the detection of the Newcastle virus in the state of Rio Grande do Sul won’t impact more than 15% of chicken exports in the worst-case scenario. Brazil halted exports from the state to some countries including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as per sanitary agreements.
Arab country was the third largest importer of beef from Brazil in the first half of the year, only behind China and the United States. Purchases stepped up both in volume and value.
Investments in the Al-Baha region include coffee cultivation and a fruit nursery aimed at reducing dependence on imported food.
Brazil shipped an average volume of 431,400 tonnes in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 428,000 tonnes last year. June’s and first quarter’s results were down, though, although Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stepped up purchases.
Plant-based biofuels, a greater use of data in farms, the One Health concept applied on agriculture defense. Chicken and sugar giant Brazil navigates through all these, according to the talks held at Datagro’s GAFFFF, which aims to be the world’s largest sector festival.
The Global Agribusiness Festival takes place in São Paulo from June 27-28 aiming to be the world’s greatest stage for the agribusiness culture by bringing together panels, a business fair, gastronomy and music. Held by Datagro and presented by XP, the event is supported by the Arab-Brazilian Chamber, whose members get discount tickets.
South Africa and Senegal are some of the leading importers of hatching eggs and day-old chicks from Brazil. May’s exports added up to 2,650 tonnes, national industry lobby ABPA said.
The three Arab leading buyers of poultry from Brazil stepped up their imports in May, ABPA says. The UAE are the second leading importer, followed by Saudi Arabia in third, and Iraq in sixth.
