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The cane harvest and crushing continued through November in Brazil's main sugar-producing Center-South (CS) region with good weather and prices. Total sugar production is estimated at 41 million metric tons (MMT) for 2023/24. Exports are estimated at 32 MMT.

Brazil requires that imports and exports of animal-origin products be accompanied by certificate with animal health attestations and/or public health attestations. Import requirements are defined by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and a certificate model has to be bilaterally negotiated before trade starts.

The Food and Agricultural Imports Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) report provides an overview of the food laws and regulatory environment in Brazil as it relates to food and agricultural exports.

Brazil is the second-largest producer of biotech crops in the world with 105 events approved. For the 2022/2023 crop season, FAS Brasilia forecasts 68 million hectares planted with GE traits. Adoption rates for soybeans and cotton reached 99 percent and for corn, 95 percent.

Following USDA’s revision of Brazil’s cotton balance sheet, production estimates moved one year ahead, meaning that Marketing Year (MY) 2023/24 cotton is equivalent to production bales entering the market in 2023, and not 2024. Post maintained its...

Post forecasts dairy production to increase by 2 percent in 2020, mostly driven by higher exports of dairy products and an increase in domestic demand attributed to economic improvement.

Post forecasts dairy production to increase by 2 percent in 2020, mostly driven by higher exports of dairy products and an increase in domestic demand attributed to economic improvement.

MY 2018/19 corn production is estimated at a record 101 MMT, 23 percent higher than the previous harvest, based on record area and yields.

Brazil’s Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 sugarcane crush has been revised upward to 635 million metric tons (mmt) due to favorable weather conditions in the Center-south and the Northeastern....

Post forecasts soybean planted area at 36.5 million hectares in 2019/20, up negligibly on the 36.2 million hectares sown for the past crop.

The Brazilian economy continues to grow at a modest pace.