Brazil expands exports to Lebanon and Tanzania

The Brazilian government has concluded sanitary negotiations with Lebanon and Tanzania that will allow for the expansion of national agribusiness exports. According to an official statement, "the sanitary authorities of Lebanon authorized Brazil to export live bovines and buffaloes for reproduction." In 2024, the Arab country imported more than USD 195 million in live cattle. The new opening reinforces Brazil's commercial position, which exported "about USD 432 million in agribusiness products to Lebanon," with a focus on meats, the sugar and alcohol complex, and coffee. Tanzania has also formalized new sanitary authorizations. According to the government, the country will allow the entry of "meat and heat-processed products from poultry, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs," in addition to poultry genetic material — "fertile eggs and day-old chicks" — and bovine genetic material, such as "in vivo and in vitro embryos," as well as live cattle for ...