Brazil forced to import Robusta coffee: first time in decades

Tuesday, February 14th 2017 - 11:28 UTC

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Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Monday he has asked the country's Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex) for authorization to open robusta coffee imports at near zero tariff, according to the ministry. Read full article

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The concerned ministries appear to be very efficient!
Feb 14th, 2017 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
Why does Brazil have import tariffs on raw coffee anyway? If they normally allowed the import of beans then the instant coffee industry would be able to grow, and manufacturing usually generates more income and employs more people than agriculture.
Feb 14th, 2017 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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REF: “Why does Brazil have import tariffs on raw coffee anyway?”:

IF there are no import taxes; Brazil would prefer to import coffee beans rather than cultivating coffee.

REF: “to grow, and manufacture usually generates more income and employs more people than agriculture”:

Perhaps - MAYBE - there are NO incentives & benefits to the farmers and/or the Coffee Processing Industries.
Feb 14th, 2017 - 01:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Sinibaldi
Un sueño atestado.
( other version )

Una tierna
mirada es como
la noche que
canta infinita
cuando el soplo
suave de una
estrella sincera
ilumina el campo
y el perfil del
pasado...

Francesco Sinibaldi
Feb 15th, 2017 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
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“IF there are no import taxes; Brazil would prefer to import coffee beans rather than cultivating coffee.”

Why, is it cheaper to grow coffee elsewhere? Is there not enough demand from the rest of the world for Brazilian beans? And no incentives isn't necessarily a problem; it sounds like Brazil has disincentives instead.
Feb 15th, 2017 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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It may not be too cheap to import coffee but PERHAPS the land may be used for some other cash-crops.

Also, the distributors & the wholesalers OFTEN squeeze the medium & small-size farmers so that there remains hardly any profit to many of the farmers.
Feb 15th, 2017 - 09:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
Wouldn't it be better to grow a different cash crop if that would be more economical?

But anyway the same thing happens to farmers in Britain. Whichever part the chain is biggest takes advantage of it and squeezes the rest, and our government doesn't care because farming is such a small part of the economy.
Feb 15th, 2017 - 11:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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@DemonTree:

A different cash-crop may be one of the solutions, of course.

The Latest techniques for the selection/cultivation of the better strains and developing better Seed-Processing Techniques [exports of “Final-Product”; not the “raw-material”]; could be a LOT more profitable!

The EXPORTED Coffee tastes “better” because the processing techniques are more advanced than the Crude Techniques which Brazil practices; traditionally!
Feb 17th, 2017 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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