date:Jan 21, 2013
Soy and maize leveraged exports from Brazil's Midwest, the only region in the country whose foreign sales rose in 2012. Revenues stood at US$ 25.442 billion, up 22.29 per cent from 2011. The figures were released last Tuesday, 15 January by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Last year, Brazil exported twice the amount of maize as in 2011, explained Jos Augusto de Castro, president of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Association (AEB). Maize prices went up in the inter