Saudi Arabia Looks Into Organics from Brazil

"São Paulo – Importers from two Arab countries sought Brazilian organic foodstuffs during Biofach, a trade fair for the sector held in February in the city of Nuremberg, in Germany. The information was supplied by the consultant for Differentiated Products and Markets at the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development, Marcelo Nunes, who attended the fair.

The Ministry promoted the participation of 10 family agriculture cooperatives and associations in the fair. According to Nunes, one of the farmers in the Association of Organic Farmers of Taquaritinga do Norte (Aprotaq), based in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, even closed a coffee sale with a Saudi buyer.

An importer from the United Arab Emirates who was interested in coffee and cocoa visited the Brazilian stand at least three times. According to Nunes, he imports both unprocessed and finished products. At the stand of the Ministry, he also received information about tropical fruits and cupuassu, which is also used for chocolate manufacturing."

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