The Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MPLS), Eumar Novacki, met last Friday (19) with the Secretary of Agriculture and Food of Portugal, Luís Viera, in Lisbon, and presented lawsuits from Brazil together with the European Union to expedite the export of Brazilian agricultural products.
The main items of the Brazilian negotiation with the European Union are beef, bovine traceability, regionalization of thermoprocessed beef, ractopamine of pork, resumption of pre-listing and reopening of the European Union market for Brazilian fish.
At the meeting, Vieira said that Portugal will intercede with the European Union in an attempt to unlock trade, offering support to Brazil in negotiations with the European bloc. In contrast, the Portuguese secretary showed interest in increasing exports to Brazil of lemon, dairy and fish. He also said that Portugal is also seeking to increase sales to Brazil of cheeses, wines, olive oil, preserves and cod, in addition to requesting authorization from small pork producers.
Novacki complained about the current dynamics of the European bloc, where Brazil handing its lawsuits directly to the countries, but that are sent for analysis by the European Union.
Last Saturday (Nov. 20), Novacki, MPLS advisors and Brazilian businessmen made technical visits to dairy production establishments and wineries in the Dão region, with the participation of former Portuguese minister Jorge Paulo Sacadura Almeida Coelho, who was once a minister of the Internal Administration, Minister of Social Equipment, Social Security and Deputy Prime Minister.
Brazil and Portugal have a balanced trade balance, with bilateral trade flows between the two economies of 320 million euros. More broadly, Brazil intends to consolidate and diversify the export agenda for the European Union.
Last year, Brazilian agribusiness exports to the European Union totaled US $ 13.46 billion. The main products shipped to European countries were soybean (34.35%), coffee (18.73%), meat (12.15%), juices (9.67%), tobacco (5.95% ), cereals (5.65%), fruits (4.82%) and others (8.69%). In 2017, Brazil imported US $ 1.989 billion in European agribusiness items, most of which were industrialized products.
Mission to Portugal and Spain
Novacki leads the Brazilian business mission in Portugal and Spain with the participation of 12 business representatives and exhibitors of the Brazil Pavilion, which will participate in Fruit Attraction 2018 in Madrid from this Tuesday (23).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.