Brazil authorizes the entry of Argentine almonds into its market for the first time

For the first time, Brazil authorized the import of almonds from Argentina, thereby enabling producers from the provinces of Mendoza, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan to sell to the neighboring country, it was officially reported today. The decision was made by the technical teams of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA, for its acronym in Portuguese) and published in the Official Gazette of the Union on January 2, said the Argentine ambassador in Brasilia, Daniel Scioli. "We are unlocking another product of the regional economies," said Scioli on social networks, highlighting the joint work with the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa), to achieve by opening of the market for whole Argentine almonds with or without shell to Brazil for the first time. For his part, the Secretary of Agriculture, Fernando Vilella, highlighted that this achievement ...