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Brazil has opened 100 new markets for national agricultural products since January 2019. The most recent market to open is the export of breeding pigs to Colombia.
Foreign markets have not only opened for the sale of traditional products of which Brazil is already a major exporter, such as meat, but also for several other agricultural products such as nuts, tea, fruits, fish, dairy products and plants, meeting the objective of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) to diversify the Brazilian export portfolio.
Of the 100 new markets, 45 are in America (Argentina, Colombia, Peru, United States, Mexico, Canada, Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala and Bolivia); 40 in Asia (Saudi Arabia, China, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Arab Emirates, India, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Iran, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore and Qatar); 14 in Africa (Egypt, Morocco and Zambia) and one in Oceania (Australia), according to data from Mapa.
The new markets involve 30 countries, as some nations started importing more than one agricultural product from Brazil. Each new market corresponds to the export of a product. In this sense, there was a significant expansion among Brazil's South American neighbors, with the opening of 17 new products for Argentina, eight for Colombia and six for Bolivia.
Of the 100 new markets, poultry products (meats, offal, and meal) are among the most sought after, totaling 13 openings, as well as 11 for cattle, nine for plants, eight for pig products, eight for bovine genetic material, seven for dairy products and five for fruits.
October 29, 2020 / Mapa / Brazil.
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