Brazil sets historic record in new market accesses after two months

Wrapping up February on a high note, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) celebrated yet another historic milestone in the Brazilian agro-export sector. In the first two months of the year, Brazil surpassed 16 trade barriers in 11 countries, marking a historic two-month timeframe for opening new markets for Brazilian agricultural products.

This expansion, the highest ever recorded in two months, sets a new record by surpassing 2021, which saw 13 new openings in seven countries. These openings, a result of Brazil’s relevance and resurgence on the global stage, also contribute to the increase in commercial flow and reaffirm international confidence in Brazil’s sanitary control system.

Since the beginning of 2024, new markets have been opened for export on all five continents, including embryos and bovine semen to Botswana; gelatin and collagen to the United States; tilapia fingerlings and animal recycling products to the Philippines; live cattle, bovine embryos, and bovine semen to Pakistan; breeding animals to Mexico; açaí powder to India; fishery products to Australia; products based on mesenchymal stem cells (dogs, cats, and horses) for therapeutic purposes in Costa Rica; green coffee in Zambia; live cattle in Oman; and beef extract and sheep meat and products to Singapore.

In 2023, surpassing previous years, Brazil reached the historic mark of 78 new markets in 39 countries. Brazilian agribusiness exports also hit a record high, reaching US$166.49 billion, a 4.8% increase compared to 2022, representing an increase of US$7.62 billion. Thus, agribusiness accounted for 49% of Brazil’s total export agenda in 2023.

Other Achievements

The two months were also marked by other significant achievements for expanding the export of Brazilian agricultural products, including the end of China’s anti-dumping measure on Brazilian chicken meat; the “Protocol of Equivalence of Meat Inspection Systems,” known as “pre-listing,” a measure promising to facilitate Brazilian exports of beef, pork, and poultry to Egypt; the authorization of five more plants for the export of beef and poultry to Russia; the recognition by Oman’s health authorities of regionalization according to OIE rules in cases of avian influenza; and the expansion of the Brazilian beef export area, including new states, to Canada.

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