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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRAZILIAN government has been racing to limit the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in its top beef exporting state in Mato Grosso do Sul, appointing an emergency task force to pinpoint its origin and prevent the disease spreading.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has reported fresh outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Brazil’s Paraná state, next to key beef export state Mato Grosso do Sul, which has been stricken with the illness.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ATTEMPTS to change a ruling in the long-running WTO dispute over EU customs classification of frozen boneless chicken cuts have largely failed. Notably, Brazil and Thailand did not persuade the WTO appellate body to rule cuts with 1.2% or more salt content be classified ‘salted’, rather than ‘frozen’, (attracting higher duty), not just 1.2%-3% content cuts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DETAILS of restrictions imposed on exports to European buyers of leather raw materials have been highlighted in the detailed European Union (EU) market report. It identifies India, China, the US, Pakistan and Russia as “very important markets” for the supply of leather raw materials, whilst Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil are labelled as “important suppliers (mainly by tanners)”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States has expanded its low-duty special quota for raw cane sugar imports to 1.23 million metric tonnes for October 2005-September 2006, from 1.11 million metric tonnes the previous year. Key beneficiaries include the Dominican Republic 204,649 tonnes; Brazil 168,603; and Australia 96,511.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STEEP decline in sales of European Union (EU) finished leather to its number one market, the United States, has been highlighted by a comprehensive report on the global leather (and textile) market written for the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is lending US$150 million to Brazil petrochemical company Ipiranga Petroquimica SA, one of Latin America’s leading producers of polyolefins. The loan will support initiatives including “process improvements and debottlenecking of operations”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DEVELOPING countries can benefit from intellectual property laws, a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) intergovernmental meeting has been told. Representatives from innovative and creative industries in Brazil, India, Argentina and Egypt explained how IP rules had helped boost their industries’ competitiveness.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE DEVASTATION caused by a recent outbreak of white spot disease on white shrimp farms in Brazil has been made clear by a report from the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation. More than 2.24 million deaths were recorded amongst stock in semi-closed farming systems in Canavieira, Aracati, in north-eastern Brazil.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN IRISH company’s plan to help 1,600 meat and dairy producers in Latin America adopt technology capturing and disposing of methane has been supported by a US$10 million loan from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). AgCert International plc actually wants to spend US$150 million on rolling out these systems over the next three years, especially in Brazil and Mexico.…