A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) begins, this Friday (5th), a mission to Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. The group will meet with representatives of private companies and governments from these three countries to discuss the supply of fertilizers and the expansion of investments in Brazil.
In Jordan, the main topic will be the supply of potassium-based fertilizers. In Egypt, the focus will be on nitrogen, and in Morocco, on phosphate. The delegation’s return to Brazil is scheduled for May 14.
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The agenda in Jordan, which starts tomorrow (7), includes meetings with directors of important potash producing companies, such as the Arab Potash Company (APC), which produces more than 2.4 million tons per year, and Jordan Phosphate Mining Company (JPMC), with a production capacity of over 7 million tons per year.
Meetings are also planned between the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Marcos Montes, with his Jordanian counterpart, Khaled Musa Henefat, and with the minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Youssef Al-Shamal.
On May 9, the Mapa delegation arrives in Cairo, where Minister Marcos Montes should meet with Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Moustafa El Sayeed, and with Minister of Supply, Aly Al Moselhy. The Mapa delegation participates in the Brazil – Egypt Forum: Opportunities in bilateral trade, promoted by the Arab-Brazil Chamber of Commerce.
Meetings with representatives from the fertilizer and animal protein sector are also planned.
The delegation arrives in Morocco on May 12, where there is a scheduled meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Sadiki, in addition to a visit to the Jorf Lasfar plant of the Office Chérifien des Phosphates Company (OCP). The state-owned company is currently the largest supplier of phosphorus to Brazil.
Morocco is the world’s second largest producer of phosphate fertilizers, accounting for about 17% of global production. In 2021, Brazil imported more than US$ 1.6 billion in fertilizers from Morocco.
