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Brazil to expand exports to Russia 16 Jun 2009
Brazilian Minister of Agriculture Reinhold Stephanes confirmed the move when he reported on the recent, official Brazilian Mission to Russia.
After meeting with Russian Minister of Agriculture Elena Skinnik, Stephanes announced Russia’s government decision of enabling nine meat processing plants from Santa Catarina State to export meat products to Russia.
During his trip, Reinhold Stephanes also discussed with Russian authorities the expansion of predetermined export quotas of Brazilian meats such as poultry and pork.
“I am forwarding a note to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva regarding this negotiation since he has a scheduled meeting with Mr Dmitry Medvedey - head of the Russian state - on the 16th."
The intention, according to Stephanes is that the expansion on the quotes be effective by 2010.
Today, Brazil is part of the annual meat export quota to Russia that includes other countries. In 2008 Brazil’s share was fixed in 193 thousand tons for pork meat and 68 thousand tons for poultry. In 2009 this amount fell to 177.5 tons for pork meat and 12.4 thousand tons for poultry. Only the United States and the European Union have exclusive quotas established by Russia’s government.
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