Brazil embarks first apple export to Colombia

The first shipment of apples from Agropecuária Schio, from Vacaria (RS), to Colombia is backed by the efforts of producers, technical heads of companies, state inspectors and federal agricultural inspectors (AFFAs), who coordinated the entire process . The servers of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) were responsible for structuring the procedures for the fruit to meet the requirements presented by the buyer country. And they worked in different spheres and places: in Brasília, in Rio Grande do Sul, in Santa Catarina and even in the Caribbean country, in negotiations led by agricultural attaché Marcos Vinícius Coelho. Amarildo Nespolo, federal auditor and head of the Regional Technical Unit for Agriculture in Caxias do Sul (Utra), highlights the importance of this first shipment to Colombia due to the high consumption of the fruit and low domestic production. “With the opening to Brazil, the producers will be able to compete with Chile and Argentina, the ...