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A resolution has changed the certification process for inbound medication to Brazil, which should become swifter according to the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa).

Brazil’s Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex) has cut the tax on capital goods imports from 14% to 2%. The measure will remain valid until the end of 2014 and includes 95 types of products not made domestically.

Foreign sales were down 7% from 2009 to 2013, from US$ 162 mn to US$ 150 mn, according to the Rio de Janeiro State Industry Federation. In the same period, exports from Rio were up 17%.

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.

In November, the organizers of the Middle East’s leading food industry fair are hosting Gulfood Manufacturing, an event targeting processing, manufacturing and packaging equipment makers.