{"id":289489,"date":"2021-03-04T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=289489"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:38:51","slug":"demand-for-brazilian-pepper-goes-up-in-the-arab-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/demand-for-brazilian-pepper-goes-up-in-the-arab-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand for Brazilian pepper goes up in the Arab countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The record posted in January in dry pepper exports from Brazil to the Arab countries grossed USD 6.4 million. The figure was made public by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) and reflects an increase in demand that has taken place even amid the pandemic, explains Erasmo Carlos Negris, administrative director at the Cricar\u00e9 Basin Farmers Cooperative (Coopbac<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Esp\u00edrito Santo\u2019s cooperative produces and exports pepper and ships 70% if its sales to the Arab countries. Eleven countries in the bloc import the product from Brazil: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia, Iraq, Libya, and Sudan.<\/p>\n

Coopbac exports dried black and white pepper. \u201cThe pepper goes through a traceability process to ensure the contracts concluded. The cooperative shipped around 3,000 tonnes of spieces in 2020,\u201d Negris told ANBA.<\/p>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Tarc\u00edsio Malacarne Junior, at the Biospicefoods stand in Gulfood 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen several industries slow down, but agriculture products, including pepper, have turned it up. \u201cThe pandemic have restrained some activities, but the shipped volume of black pepper have increased due to the good port logistics in Brazil, as well as an increased output in the country, making Brazil a major player as a spice supplier to several buying countries,\u201d said Negris.<\/p>\n

The cooperative’s chair believes the demand in Arab countries are key to meet Coopbac\u2019 goals of establishing itself as a standard supplier in the spice industry.<\/p>\n

So believes Biospicefoods<\/a> commercial assistant Jos\u00e9 Tarc\u00edsio Malacarne Jr. The brand trades pink pepper, white pepper, black pepper, Jamaica pepper, cloves, and Brazilian nuts. Malacarne explains the Arabs are a traditional, ever-growing market for peppers. \u201cThe Arab countries has always purchased a lot but have stood out in recent years and they\u2019re a major pepper market for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n