LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 16 September 2019

* Brazil’s agriculture ministry (Mapa) has announced that Egypt will open its market to imports of Brazilian dairy products. Brazil’s dairy exports to Egypt have been suspended since 2015, and negotiations for the approval of an international sanitary certificate had been ongoing since 2016. Brazil's Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias celebrated the conclusion of these talks from Egypt, her first stop on a tour of the Middle East which will also take her to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. According to Brazil’s agricultural attaché in Egypt, Cesar Teles, this opens up a market of 100m consumers for Brazilian dairy producers, with a business potential of US$8bn.

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