The director-general of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, Louis Lahoud, is on an official trip to São Paulo and visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber headquarters alongside the consul general of Lebanon to São Paulo, Rudy El Azzi. The Arab country could increase fertilizer exports to Brazil.
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The Arab Brazilian Chamber held in Cairo an event featuring the Brazilian delegation that is in Egypt led by the special secretary for Strategic Affairs, Flávio Rocha. He said that Brazil seeks a strategic partnership with the Egyptians.
The Arab country has brought seven companies of pastries, biscuits, dates, herbs and spices to the APAS Show in São Paulo. The opening was attended by Jordanian senator Issa Murad, the Jordanian ambassador to Brasília, Maen Masadeh, and the Jordanian honorary consul in São Paulo, Mustapha Abdouni.
In a seminar held by the Arab Brazilian Chamber in Cairo, the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry presented growth prospects for Brazil as a global food supplier and Egypt’s relevant role as a fertilizer supplier to Brazil.
Agriculture, Livestock and Supply minister Marcos Montes met on Monday (9) in Cairo with Egypt’s fertilizer exporters about scaling up the supply. They are expected to visit Brazil for meetings with buyers.
The Brazilian minister of Agriculture and a team from the ministry and the Arab Brazilian Chamber will visit the Arab countries, departing from Brazil this Thursday (5). Mission meetings will discuss, among other subjects, the supply of fertilizers.
A study by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce shows which countries could supply Brazil with the fertilizers Russia exports. The institution presented the analysis to the government to help solve the crisis in the sector.
The Brazilian federal government has set a goal of reducing Brazilian fertilizer imports from the current 85% of purchases to 45% by 2050. The minister of Agriculture stated it is not about self-sufficiency but less external dependence.
Heads of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Arab ambassadors were received by the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, this Thursday (10) to articulate the supply of fertilizers from the Arab countries.
With a low supply of fertilizers from Russia and Belarus, Arab countries can be an alternative for some products, such as nitrogen and phosphate. The bloc, however, does not have a substantial potassium production.
The Brazilian market purchased 41.6 million tonnes of fertilizers in 2021. The product arrived mainly through the Port of Paranaguá.
Trade between Arabs and Brazilians in 2021 reached USD 24.25 billion. The UAE took over as the leading destination for Brazilian products.
Year to date through November, Brazil purchased 100.6% more Arab products compared to 2020. Nevertheless, the balance continued to post a surplus for Brazil.
Arab Chamber secretary-general Tamer Mansour said during a webinar on Thursday (28) that direct shipping between Brazil and the Arab countries can boost business, particularly with Morocco.
