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Brazilian Dairy Companies Export USD 15 Million Worth of Product to Arab Region in First 5 Months of 2017

The Arab region is the 2nd largest importer of Brazilian milk products after South America, and efficiently imported over USD 15 million well worth of item during the first 5 months of 2017. Dairy companies affiliated with Viva Lcteos - Associao Brasileira de Laticnios made 30 per cent of their overall export profits from the Arab region during this period. A total of five member firms of Viva Lcteos export to Middle East and North Africa nations, and effectively delivered over 6.521 lots of product to the region throughout the first 5 months of the year. Brazilian milk is exported to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Oman and Tunisia.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia have come to be the largest purchasers of Brazilian dairy products in the region. Saudi Arabia due to its large population, and the UAE because of its function as a main export center to various other Arab nations. Products being imported from Brazil right into the region include milk, cream and compressed milk. Brazilian compressed milk has an extremely competitive edge because of the low cost of sugar in the nation, while the biggest difficulty to the huge sales in Arab nations has actually been the high expense of Brazilian dairy.

Michel Alaby, Chief Executive Officer of ABCC, said: "The large amount of milk products shipped to the MENA region from Brazil during the first 5 months of the year shows an expanding market for Brazilian dairy products in this part of the world. As need for Brazilian dairy product grows, professionals expect to witness also more development in the market throughout the Arab region over the following few years."

During the very first five months of 2017, Viva Lcteos member companies exported an overall of 18,000 lots worldwide, making over USD 50.7 million at the same time. Nations of the highest possible top priority currently include Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Colombia, Bolivia and Russia.

The current year has actually experienced some industry players attend Gulfood, the Middle East's largest food industry program which occurred in Dubai last February. Purchasers from the UAE and Saudi Arabia additionally attended the So Paulo Grocery stores Organization trade show (Apas Show) in So Paulo last Could. Specialists have actually noted a terrific overview for these companies.

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