Imports down slightly to 96.52 million tonnes, with over half sourced from Brazil.
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Five forestry concessions due to be granted shortly; large scale reforestation programme to start with two million seedlings.
Production could have been higher but for restrictions introduced due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
As Latin America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, 2TM views acquisition as gateway to European market.
To become eligible, foreigners must buy property costing at least US$90,000 with funds transferred from abroad.
President João Lourenço says many state assets will be sold off to raise cash and make room for the private sector.
Hamstrung by Covid-19, mainlanders – once Portugal’s most numerous tourists – stay away, as do many non-EU nationalities apart from Americans.
As Covid-19 pandemic pushed prices higher, total exports reached record US$280 billion.
New zone will allow agricultural producers, processors, aggregators and distributors operating in the same vicinity to reduce transaction costs.