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Brazil
Tuesday 24 June 2008
The country sells to more than 50 different markets. Last year, foreign sales totalled US$ 642 million, growth of 34% in comparison with 2006. For 2008, the sector is expecting exports to surpass 1 billion tons.
Brazilian fruit farming is gaining new customers and reaching the most diverse destinations around the world. The sector, which exports to more than 50 different countries, is the agribusiness production chain that generates the most employment in Brazil – approximately 4 million jobs. In 2007, the sector posted a trade surplus for the 9th consecutive year: US$ 430 million, 44% more than in the previous year. Exports totalled 918,000 tons, growth of 14% compared with 2006. Foreign sales generated revenues of US$ 642 million, growth of 34% compared with 2006, when export revenues totalled US$ 477 million.
The main fruit responsible for the rise were grapes and melons. Foreign sales of table grapes totalled US$ 169.6 million, growth of 43% in comparison with 118.5 million sold in 2006; volume-wise, the expansion was 26%, from 62.2 tons in 2006 to 79 million tons in 2007. Melon exports resulted in revenues of US$ 128 million for the country, growth of 45% in comparison with the US$ 88 million recorded in 2006. In terms of volume, foreign sales of melon grew 18%, from 172 million tons in 2006 to 204 million tons last year.
Apples went back to scoring points in the foreign market in 2007. After suffering setbacks caused by the weather for two consecutive crops, apple exports grew 114% in terms of value. Foreign sales rose from US$ 32.9 million in 2006 to US$ 68.6 million last year. The export volume grew 96%. Foreign sales totalled 112 million tons in 2007, as against 57 million tons during the previous year.
"The increase could have been greater, had it not been for the retraction in exports of bananas, citric fruit and papaya, which are more sensitive to the depreciation of the dollar," ensures Moacyr Saraiva Fernandes, president at the Brazilian Fruit Institute (Ibraf).
Brazilian fruit farming is gaining new customers and reaching the most diverse destinations around the world. The sector, which exports to more than 50 different countries, is the agribusiness production chain that generates the most employment in Brazil – approximately 4 million jobs. In 2007, the sector posted a trade surplus for the 9th consecutive year: US$ 430 million, 44% more than in the previous year. Exports totalled 918,000 tons, growth of 14% compared with 2006. Foreign sales generated revenues of US$ 642 million, growth of 34% compared with 2006, when export revenues totalled US$ 477 million.
The main fruit responsible for the rise were grapes and melons. Foreign sales of table grapes totalled US$ 169.6 million, growth of 43% in comparison with 118.5 million sold in 2006; volume-wise, the expansion was 26%, from 62.2 tons in 2006 to 79 million tons in 2007. Melon exports resulted in revenues of US$ 128 million for the country, growth of 45% in comparison with the US$ 88 million recorded in 2006. In terms of volume, foreign sales of melon grew 18%, from 172 million tons in 2006 to 204 million tons last year.
Apples went back to scoring points in the foreign market in 2007. After suffering setbacks caused by the weather for two consecutive crops, apple exports grew 114% in terms of value. Foreign sales rose from US$ 32.9 million in 2006 to US$ 68.6 million last year. The export volume grew 96%. Foreign sales totalled 112 million tons in 2007, as against 57 million tons during the previous year.
"The increase could have been greater, had it not been for the retraction in exports of bananas, citric fruit and papaya, which are more sensitive to the depreciation of the dollar," ensures Moacyr Saraiva Fernandes, president at the Brazilian Fruit Institute (Ibraf).
