The ministry expressed that these new opportunities should contribute to the increase in trade flows with these two crucial markets while reinforcing international confidence in Brazil’s sanitary control system.

In the statement, Costa Rica was highlighted as a strategic destination for Brazilian agricultural products, which reached a total of US$ 272 million in exports during 2023. Among the main items are cereals, flour and derivatives, forestry products, as well as soybean complex products. In January alone this year, agricultural exports to Costa Rica amounted to approximately US$ 30 million.

Regarding Australia, in 2023, Brazil exported agricultural products worth US$ 293 million, including coffee, forestry products, animal-origin goods, and juices, which accounted for 74% of total Brazilian agricultural sales to that country. So far in 2024, agricultural product exports to the Australian market have exceeded US$ 24 million.