Government regulates government purchases of food from the anti-tariff MP

The federal government has regulated relaxed government purchases to absorb part of the products affected by the United States tariff hike. The regulation was published in an interministerial ordinance of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture, in an extra edition on , on Friday night, the 22nd. The ordinance provides that açaí (fruit, purees, and preparations), coconut water, cashew nuts (hard-shelled or shell-less fruits, juices, and vegetable extracts), Brazil nuts (fresh or dried, shell-less), mango (fresh or dried), honey, fish (such as corvina, snapper, tilapia, and others), and fresh grapes can be acquired through relaxed government purchases. Beef and coffee were excluded from the relaxed purchases, as anticipated by the . The relaxation of government purchases was authorized under Provisional Measure No. 1,309/2025, which establishes a contingency plan for sectors affected by the tariff hike. The MP authorizes the ...