São Paulo – The countries of the Middle East have reduced their imports of Brazilian agricultural and livestock products by 1.4% in the accumulated result this year, up to October, according to information disclosed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. Purchases by the region totalled US$ 6.80 billion in the first ten months of the year as against US$ 6.89 billion in the same period in 2012. The Middle East includes several Arab countries, but also the non-Arab Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n
Africa, another region in the world in which there are Arab nations, also bought fewer agribusiness items from Brazil this year up to October. Sales to the region totalled US$ 6.2 billion against US$ 7 billion in the same period last year. The reduction was 12.3%. The participation of both regions as importers of Brazilian agribusiness products dropped. The Middle East fell from 8.5% to 7.9% and Africa from 8.7% to 7.2%.<\/p>\n
In the month of October, alone, the reduction in sales to both regions as against the same month in 2012 was even greater. The Middle East reduced its purchases by 24.3%, from US$ 1.02 billion to US$ 773.8 million, and Africa fell from US$ 910 million to US$ 701.8 million, with a reduction of 22.9%. The participation of the former in Brazilian agribusiness foreign sales dropped from 10.6% to 9.2%, and the latter fell from 9.4% to 8.3%.<\/p>\n
Brazilian agribusiness exports as a whole grew 6.9% from January to October and totalled US$ 86.42 billion. The growth was US$ 5.54 billion. The soy complex was responsible for 82% of this expansion. The most exported products were those in the area, generating US$ 29.19 billion in revenues, growth of 18.4% over the same months in 2012.<\/p>\n
Asia was the region in the world that purchased most Brazilian agricultural products in the first ten months of the year. The region imported 42.2% of the total, with US$ 36.51 billion and growth of 21.3% over the same period in 2012. Sales to the second main destination, the European Union, dropped slightly, 0.2%, to US$ 18.84 billion. The third main destination was the Nafta, the bloc that includes the United States, Canada and Mexico. The group bought 9.5% more, totalling US$ 7.2 billion. Next in the ranking come the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n
In October alone, Brazil’s agriculture product exports dropped 12.6%, to US$ 8.42 billion. They were US$ 9.64 billion in the same month in 2012. The greatest main item in the basket was beef, with US$ 1.57 billion, followed by the soy complex, with US$ 1.56 billion. Asia was also the main buyer, followed by the European Union. The Middle East was the third main destination, Africa the fourth and the Nafta the fifth.<\/p>\n
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