Moscow, June 28 (Sputnik).- The Brazilian Government believes that the entry of more countries into the BRICS bloc represents the creation of great opportunities for agricultural exports, according to the Deputy Secretary of Trade and Relations expressed in an interview with Sputnik. International of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Julio Ramos.
«There are gigantic opportunities; For example, Egypt, which is a country that joined the BRICS group, this year we opened the fish export market, last year the cotton export market, when would you have imagined that Egypt would import cotton from someone? When you think of cotton you think of Egyptian cotton; Today Brazil exports cotton to Egypt,” he stated.
The head of the ministry recalled that both China and South Africa have recently opened their markets to the entry of fish and that Brazil will install an agricultural unit in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to increase opportunities on the African continent.
Ramos pointed out that during the 18 months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration, Brazil managed to conquer 150 new markets around the world, a historical record, and that the trend is one of growth.
In this sense, he defended that the BRICS countries can dialogue more and create conditions to negotiate with each other, expanding the Brazilian trade balance and at the same time creating employment opportunities in other countries.
“When Brazil enters a market, we do not want to take over anyone’s market space; we often want to create conditions for local producers and local industries to process our commodities, creating jobs in Brazil and in the country that is buying,” he said.
The BRICS bloc originally consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, but last year Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia joined, and many other countries expressed interest in joining. (Sputnik)
