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This report outlines regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports into Brazil, including import procedures.

Brazil is finally emerging from the worst economic crisis in its history and now is starting to recover.

Brazil is one of the major world players in the hotel, restaurant, and institutional (HRI) sector, with the HRI industry valued at US$116 billion.

This report identifies Brazil’s import requirements for foreign export certificates. An export certificate matrix and outline are included.

From May through September 2014, FAS Brasilia staff visited six of Brazil’s nine states which make up ‘’Amazonia Legal," a political-administrative region situated in the northern half of Brazil.

Post forecasts 2014/15 area planted to cotton at one million hectares with cotton production reaching 6.9 million bales (1.5 million metric tons).

Post reduced its 2014/15 production forecast to 92 mmt, still a record, based on a lower national yield.

Brazilian coffee production for 2014/15 was revised upward to 51.2 million 60-kg bags, but still off 3.3 million bags from the previous year.