Brazil, the world's largest exporter of foodstuffs like coffee, beef and soybeans, is keen to increase farm product exports to Islamic countries, said Flavio Bettarello, deputy trade secretary at the Agriculture Ministry.
Speaking at the Global Halal Brazil business conference in Sao Paulo on Monday, Bettarello told delegates the country is in talks with Indonesia, Lebanon and Morocco to expand access to such markets and sell agricultural products other than corn, beef, chicken and raw sugar.
"There is a concern relative to the types of products exported and the destinations," Bettarello said.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which comprises 57 members, imported $190.5 billion of food items including wheat, corn, sugar, rice, milk and dairy products in 2020, according to data compiled by the Arab Brazil Chamber of Commerce….
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