Eumar Novacki, an executive secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), met in October to carry out a pilot project between the ports of Açu in Rio de Janeiro, and Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. In this first experiment will be transported 25 thousand tons of grain to Morocco.
The agreement was signed last Thursday (08) during the agribusiness fair Expodireto Cotrijal, in No-Me-Toque (RS), with the participation of the director of the Department of International Promotion of MAPA Agribusiness, Evaldo da Silva Júnior. It is expected that the sea corridor will transport soybeans and other Brazilian grains to Europe and countries in Africa, with a volume of up to 6 million tons per year. In November, on a new agenda, accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eumar
Novacki met with logistic operators and Brazilian agribusiness sector entities with the board of the Port of Las Palmas, when logistics opportunities were presented through the use of the Spanish warehouse to export Brazilian commodities. The Port of Las Palmas operates maritime lines for more than 30 African countries, is prepared to moor large vessels and is capable of storing grains, fruits, meat and machinery and redistributing them to different destinations in smaller vessels.
“The opportunity is especially interesting because it makes it possible to distribute our products with agility and competitive cost both for Africa – a frontier still to be better exploited – and for the European Union, which is currently our second largest importer market,” says the director of the MAPA .