Overview
- The Lotus 903 building in Asa Sul represents about R$200 million in investment after years of the agency paying roughly R$1 million per month in rent.
- The government’s methodology counts each sanitary, regulatory or commercial authorization for a specific product in a specific destination as one market, allowing multiple openings within a single country.
- Approvals from 2023 to 2025 span more than 80 countries with estimated annual export potential above US$37.5 billion, led by meats, fruits, cotton and seafood.
- Vice President Geraldo Alckmin projected US$345 billion in exports and US$629 billion in total trade for 2025, crediting market access efforts and trade policy.
- Officials highlighted joint action by Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, MDIC and ApexBrasil—including WOAH recognition of foot-and-mouth disease freedom—and noted ApexBrasil’s 170-plus promotion actions supporting 20,754 companies, most of them micro, small and medium firms.