Tehran – Rural Trade, a trading company based in the state of Pará, has signed a contract for shipping 2,000 tonnes of beef to Iran. The deal, worth US$ 6 million, was closed during a business meeting between Brazilian and Iranian businessmen held on this Tuesday (13th) in Tehran.
The group of 86 people travelled to the Middle Eastern country as part of a mission promoted by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. According to the trading company’s representative, Luis Carlos Porciuncula, out of the total sold, 60% consists of meat from the cow’s front half, and 40% from the back half. All of the beef will be prepared under the Halal system, a set of Islamic rules for slaughter and production.
This will be the first ever shipment of frozen beef by the trading company, which had only sold livestock thus far. It has already exported to Syria, Egypt and Venezuela. The first shipment to Iran will take place next month.
The sale was made to the Ayandesazane Beheshte Pars company, which is a trading company as well. The contract, according to Porciuncula, will take four months’ work from the company’s suppliers. The state of Pará has the fourth largest herd in Brazil, with 18 million heads of cattle.
*The journalist travelled by invitation of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
