November 9, 2020

Colombia now new market for Brazil's breeding pigs

Brazil has opened 100 new markets for its agricultural products since January last year, with the most recent involving the export of breeding pigs to Colombia, Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) said.

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. All these met the objective of MAPA to diversify the country's export portfolio.

Of the 100 new markets, 45 are in the Americas (Argentina, Colombia, Peru, the United States, Mexico, Canada, Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala and Bolivia); 40 in Asia (Saudi Arabia, China, Kazakhstan, South Korea, United 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.

- MAPA