Brazil opens 18 markets in the first months of 2023

At the beginning of the year, Brazil received authorization to start exporting agricultural products to 18 new markets. The notices authorizing the sales were sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) by the health authorities of each country involved.

This development occurred from January to the first week of May this year and it reinforces the recognition given by international players for the quality and high sanitary and phytosanitary controls established by Brazilian exporters.

Among the four continents that have opened up markets for Brazilian products, the Americas add up to 10 new trade opportunities for agribusiness, one of the most recent being Argentina.

The Secretary of Trade and International Relations of MAPA, Roberto Perosa, highlights the resumption of the good relationship with the Mercosur block. “This new market opening in Argentina shows all the effort of the Brazilian government, especially MAPA, to reestablish a good relationship with our neighboring countries, especially the Mercosur,” he commented.

“Twenty years ago Brazil dreamed of opening the beef market to Mexico. In the case of pork, the Mexican market corresponds to more than 1 million tons. We also had expansions to China and we are working very hard to open markets in the European Union,” celebrated the Minister of Agriculture and Cattle Raising, Carlos Favaro.

The expectation is that with the opening of Brazilian beef and pork to Mexico there will be an increase of US$ 200 million in exports. Mexico is the third largest importer of animal protein in the world, behind China and Japan.

According to the Secretariat of Trade and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil registered a record in agribusiness exports in the first quarter of this year, with US$ 35.95 billion. The sector represented, in this period, 47.2% of total Brazilian exports.

Source: Mapa

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