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04/02/2011NEWS IN ENGLISH - Egyptian crisis will affect Brazilian exports
Renata Giraldi Reporter Agência Brasil
Brasília – Brazil’s main exports to Egypt are beef, chicken, minerals and sugar. According to Fabio Martins Faria, the vice president of the Foreign Trade Association (“AEB”), there is concern in the export sector.
“Egypt was the third biggest importer of Brazilian beef last year,” he said. “It is also an important market for aluminum oxide, sugar and chicken.”
Exports to Egypt in 2009 were worth $1.3 billion, around 1% of Brazil’s total exports. Brazil imported $84 million in goods from Egypt in 2009.
Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English
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