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  • ARGENTINA: Country Reaches Deal To Export Lemons To Mexico

    ARGENTINA, 2017/07/21 Next several years of negotiation, Argentina closed a transaction to sell fresh lemons to Mexico, next both nations agreed on phytosanitary requirements for the Argentinean exports of the fruits.

  • José Demicheli, Director of ADBlick Agro

    ARGENTINA, 2017/05/28 With only 44 million inhabitants, Argentina produces enough food to sell to and feed 400 million people worldwide. The agricultural sector was what made Argentina an economic powerhouse at the turn of the 20th century. Today, it is part the majority prominent sectors of the economy, and one which the government hopes will be an engine for economic increase as Argentina further integrates its economy with the world. While much of this sector is in the hands of wealthy landowners, entrepreneurs are finding new ways to exploit the economic potential and innovate. José Demicheli saw this potential a decade ago at the same time as he founded ADBlick Agro. His project came not from a family history in agriculture or through connections, strictly a business venture. Today, ADBlick is made up of one thousand Argentine investors who become stakeholders in the company’s agribusiness investments. With the new structural changes to the sector stemming from the reduction of export tariffs, the sector is poised to take off.

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  • Argentine farmers hold on to their crops waiting for electoral promises

    ARGENTINA, 2015/11/09 A statement from the CIARA-CEC (Cooking Oil Chamber and Cereal Exporters Chamber) grain exporting chambers said that last week was the worst of the year in terms of dollars brought into Argentina, as the sector’s businessmen see holding onto grain as the majority profitable course of action ahead of economic reforms that may include a devaluation of the Peso and lower taxes for the sector. Argentina's election season has dramatically changed the agricultural landscape in the country, one of the world's breadbaskets. Exporters are presently additional confident than ever that profits will soar next year, creating a short term impact of plunging sales abroad and reduced cash-flow in the Argentine Central Bank’s coffers, although that could change in 2016. Cereal exports last week fell 68.5% in terms of a yearly comparison, reaching only US$192 million, far below the normal weekly average. Exports last week fell 68.5% in terms of a yearly comparison, reaching only US$192 million, far below the normal weekly average. The only comparable period in terms of sales came in mid-February, at the same time as 180 million was brought in over a short, three-day working week amid Carnival celebrations. February is usually a weak month in terms of sales, as the initial quarter of each year sees little to no soy bean exports due to seasonal reasons.

  • Russia, Hong Kong and Angola were the major export destinations for pork from Brazil

    BRAZIL, 2014/02/13 Russia, Hong Kong and Angola were the major export destinations for pork from Brazil in January of this year, the president of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Pork Meat Production and Export (ABIPECS) said. According to Rui Eduardo Saldanha Vargas, in the initial month of the year Brazil exported 34,800 tons of pork, which was a year on year drop of 13.09 % and provided revenues of US$90.27 million. The president of ABIPECS said that Russia accounted for 34.56 % of foreign sales and for 41.36 % of revenues, followed by Hong Kong (26.48 % and 24.23 %) and Angola, with 11.61 % and 7.28 %, respectively.

  • 74 % of China’s poultry imports in 2011

    CHINA, 2013/03/07 Brazilian companies accounted for 74 % of China’s poultry imports in 2011, said the secretary of International Relation from the Brazilian Ministry for Agriculture, Farming and Supply.
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