Brazil may see an increase of US$ 33 billion in 5 years with new trade openings

A projection made by the Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion (Apex Brasil) at the request of the Secretariat of Commerce and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) showed that the country could have an increase of US$ 33 billion in exports over five years. The estimated number would be a sum of the profitability obtained from the opening of 500 markets, according to the Secretary of Commerce and International Relations, Luis Rua. "If we consider only the 400 openings, there have already been US$ 3 billion in exports that have already happened from these markets that were opened. And we have to understand that export is an exponential. First you make a sale, then you make two. So the potential for the coming years is for us to add, with these 500 market openings, US$ 33 billion to the export list," Rua highlighted to Agro Estadão. The expectation of the Ministry of Agriculture is that the 500 new markets will be reached as early ...