Tag: brazil

USDA has announced its planned trade missions for 2024 as well as its increased investments to grow U.S. agricultural export markets

On the heels of a highly successful campaign last season for Jam Grapes, Pacific Trellis Fruit is ramping up programs for this exclusive black seedless variety from Brazil. 

Offering its third season of Cotton Candy grapes from Brazil, the grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce from around the world looks toward increasing volume in the coming years as it sets a new record of packages in 2022.

With an unfavorable climate in the first half of the year, Brazilian fruit cultivation registered a reduction of 11 percent in value and volume in fruit exports.

Even with several challenges faced by Brazilian fruit growers and exporters in the first three months of the year, fruit exports registered a 2 percent increase in volume compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to SECEX (Foreign Trade Department), 2021 Brazilian fruit exports have already surpassed 2020 shipments in both volume and revenue.

Regulatory News: Grupo Carrefour Brasil has entered into an agreement with Advent International and Walmart for the acquisition of Grupo BIG Brasil SA, Brazil’s third-biggest food retailer.