Brazil completes 43 open markets in 2022

With the opening of the Chinese market for Brazilian peanuts, Brazil opened 43 new markets for agricultural products by September this year. Since 2019, the number of open markets has reached 229, in a total of 54 countries, 26 Asian, 19 American, eight African and one in Oceania. 

In 2021, 77 markets were registered and, in 2020, 74 markets. In 2019, 35 markets joined Brazil's export list.

Egypt, Morocco, Zambia, South Africa, Cameroon, Senegal, Cape Verde and Uganda form the group on the African continent, with 38 items on the export list. 

In the Americas we have Argentina, Colombia, Peru, United States, Guyana, Mexico, Canada, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Uruguay, Cuba and Suriname, totaling 102 markets. In Oceania we have Australia, with an open market. 

And on the Asian continent, countries such as Saudi Arabia, China, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, South Korea, India, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Iran, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Qatar, Cambodia, Israel, Vietnam, Yemen, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Bahrain, Russia and the Philippines, totaling 88 markets.

The work carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply allows the diversification of export possibilities for Brazilian producers, with the aim of reducing the concentration of the export agenda in both products and destinations. Market openings are the result of bilateral negotiations that culminate in the agreement on the health parameters to be attested and the corresponding sanitary, phytosanitary or veterinary certificate, which will be accepted by the importing country at the entry points of the goods.

The opening of the market, however, does not mean immediate trade and shipment of agricultural products. It is also necessary to prepare the producer and exporter to meet the demands of each of these new customers, in addition to the development of commercial promotion and publicity activities.

In addition to ensuring production for national consumption, since 2019, several national products have reached the most varied destinations, such as beef products, seeds, cattle and poultry genetic material, live animals, animal feed, fish and dairy products.