The governor of Minas Gerais state, Romeu Zema, was in São Paulo at the beginning of the month for a series of commitments. Among them, Zema had a meeting at the headquarters of the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá), with the entity’s president, Paulo Hartung. Zema presented the potential of Minas Gerais and reaffirmed that the state is prepared to receive more investments in the sector.

According to the government of Minas Gerais, Minas is the state with the largest area of planted forests in Brazil, totaling 2.3 million hectares of cultivated area and 1.3 million hectares of preserved area. The state, in addition to producing cellulose, is a major supplier of wood charcoal to steel industry.

During the meeting, Zema presented the state main advances in several areas in the four years of his administration, highlighting the biggest budget surplus in history, of R$ 2.2 billion. On the same day, the governor met with executives from Suzano Papel e Celulose.

 

Photo: Gil Leonardi / imprensa MG

Exports from Mato Grosso do Sul in January 2023 increase 7.17% compared to the same period last year, closing at US$ 565.46 million. The result was driven by foreign sales of corn, cellulose, beef, poultry and vegetable oils, according to data in the External Sector Conjuncture Letter of January/2023, released by the Secretariat for the Environment, Development, Science, Technology and Innovation.

After corn, the product with the highest share was cellulose, responsible for 23.59% of the total value and which had an increase of 23.08% compared to January 2022.

The main destination for exports from Mato Grosso do Sul is China. Purchases made by the country represented 27.13% of the total value exported by the state. The two main ports for shipping products from Mato Grosso do Sul are: Paranaguá (in Paraná state), with 38.65% of operations, and Santos (in São Paulo state), with 29.65%.

The main exporting municipality was Três Lagoas, around 34.06% of the exported values, driven by the production of paper and cellulose.

With a professional tradition in forestry engineering, Malinovski carries networking and the promotion of the sector in its DNA. Developing market intelligence is part of the company’s core business, which always seeks to go beyond the forest, strengthening relationships and stimulating business, including in other countries.

Thinking about the development of the Brazilian forestry sector and the national wood industry, Malinovski started to share, from February, a report in English, with macro information on the productive chain of planted forests.

The content, called “The Forestry Sector in Brazil”, was carefully developed by Malinovskiconsulting team. The numbers demonstrate the size of the sector in our country and reinforce the opportunities for the foreign market. The document also brings a presentation of Expoforest, the world’s largest dynamic forest fair. To acquire the report, simply access Malinovski website: www.malinovski.com.br, and download the file.