date:Jan 16, 2013
oming more competitive internationally, and we will keep working alongside the farmers to seek new markets, said the minister of Agriculture, Mendes Ribeiro Filho, according to a press release from the ministry.
Performance was strongly influenced by the 8.6 per cent increase in volume shipped, considering that product price was down by 7.1 per cent on average during the year. According to the ministry, the international economic crisis drove prices downward.
Products whose exports increased