In the past year, Brazilian exports of agricultural products have been bolstered by the establishment of a specialized service for sanitary certification of Brazilian agricultural products.
The implementation of new control and monitoring procedures is carried out by the Department of Inspection of Plant Origin Products of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, enabling the government to certify food safety requirements through sanitary certification for China, Morocco, and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
For example, to the Arab countries of the GCC, 270 tons of chestnuts, walnuts, and almonds were exported in 2023. Among the exported products, cashew nuts stood out for Oman (32 tons), Brazilian chestnuts (16 tons), and pecans (18 tons) for Saudi Arabia, as well as the shipment of coconut oil to the United Arab Emirates.
The issuance of sanitary certification by the Ministry of Agriculture, along with the commercial promotion by agricultural attachés and ApexBrasil, has also expanded international trade in Brazilian products over the past year. Among the exports made, 10.6 thousand tons of coffee beans to Indonesia stand out, representing an increase of approximately 100% compared to the previous year; and to Morocco, 7.3 thousand tons of black pepper - representing a growth of 30% - and 16 thousand tons of crude soybean oil, marking the first opportunity for this product to be shipped to the Moroccan market.
Another market reached was that of pelletized citrus pulp for China. With the bilateral agreement signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese customs authority (GACC), 48 thousand tons of the product were shipped in 2023. This was the first time in the history of Brazilian trade relations that this product was shipped to this destination.
"The Department has been structured in recent years to meet the increasingly demanding requirements of international markets, focusing on the quality, safety, and traceability of products," emphasized Hugo Caruso, Director of the Department of Inspection of Plant Origin Products. "Self-control implemented in some chains has enabled the Ministry of Agriculture to carry out sanitary certification, adding more reliability to exported products," he pointed out.
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