Brazilian agribusiness set a historical record for exports in the first half of 2020
Brazil
Published Nov 14, 2020
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Brazilian agribusiness, which set a historical record for exports in the first half of 2020, with US $ 52 billion, as demonstrated by the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea), from Esalq / USP, may count on new protagonists for, alongside soy, cotton, sugar, meat, ethanol and cellulose, to expand further as a factor of trade surplus and supply in the country and in the foreign market.
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These are nuts, nuts and dried fruits, whose global consumption has grown at an annual average of 6%, according to the International Nut Council (INC). According to the sector's representative entity in Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Nuts, Nuts and Dried Fruits (ABNC / nuts), its annual exports were in the range of US $ 250 million in 2009, 2010 and 2011, but went on to fall in the following years. In 2020, the forecast is for them to close the year at US $ 137 million. The immediate challenges for the sector, both to increase production and foreign sales, are as follows: sanitary red tape; improved product registration; tax incentives to reduce inequalities in the face of subsidies to US producers and strong government support in China; granting of long-term financing for the production chain; intensive prospecting of the international market; production of macroeconomic statistics of the activity; and dissemination of information on the benefits and nutritional properties ...
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