News on Services from Brazil

The first week of July in Brazil was marked by the 2026/2027 Crop Plan, the start of the winter potato harvest, advances in biotechnology, new sanitary regulations, and weather changes affecting the potato sector.

Embrapa has introduced the BRS F21 potato cultivar to meet the needs of growers and the processing industry. The variety combines high yield potential, disease resistance and strong frying performance, particularly for chips and shoestring potatoes.

Elea GmbH, the world leader in Pulsed Electric Field systems for food processing, has supplied a first PEF Advantage system for potato processing suitable for processing up to 30 t/h.

Last week the Brazilian Government has decided to impose an anti-dumping duty on frozen potatoes (tariff code 2004.10.00; mostly frozen french fries) imported from Germany, Belgium, France and The Netherlands. The level and duration of the anti-dumping duties are not yet published.

After many years of frustrating work to gain access to Brazil for U.S. seed potatoes as well as corresponding market development, U.S. seed potato growers are finally making sales.

XXV Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), Uberlândia, Brasil, 17-20 de sept. de 2012 La Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP) y el XIII Encontro Nacional de Produção e Abastecimiento de Batata 2012 (ENB) abordan como te...