Brazil Vegetables insights

European producers and exporters welcome Brazil's decision to abolish import duties on olive oil, sunflower oil and a number of other products. Previously, the share of European olive oil in the Brazilian market reached 9%, now analysts expect the figures to increase. In addition to olive oil, duties were reduced to zero on sunflower oil,

(Agraria.pe) Peruvian ginger is facing phytosanitary problems that could affect its competitiveness in foreign trade. The expansion of the crop and pressure from competitors like Brazil

In the 2025/26 harvest, the Center-South of Brazil is expected to process 612 million tons of sugarcane and produce 42.35 million tons of the sweetener, in addition to 12.76 billion liters of anhydrous ethanol and 21.95 billion liters of hydrated biofuel. The sugar mix is expected to be 51%. The projection was presented by the president of DATAGRO, Plinio Nastari, during the first panel of the 9th edition of DATAGRO Sugarcane and Ethanol Harvest Opening, which will take place this Wednesday (12) and Thursday (13) in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo. The panel also included the participation of Bruno Wanderley Freitas, content leader at DATAGRO, and Hugo Cagno, president of the National Bioenergy Union UDOP. If the projections are confirmed, there will be a 1.4% drop in sugarcane processing compared to the 2024/25 season, when 621 million tons were crushed. “It was a harvest that was heavily impacted by fires and drought, which consumed 450 thousand hectares,” said ...