Mexico and Brazil agree on beans and rice trade

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Rice and beans are essential ingredients for the cuisines of both countries.

Mexico will allow Brazilian rice imports and Brazil will import Mexican beans, the two countries said in a statement on Saturday when the main agricultural officials of both countries met in Japan.

“The decision reinforces Brazil’s position as one of the top 10 rice exporters worldwide and represents an important step to diversify trade relations with Mexico, a country with more than 120 million people that imports more than 80 percent of the rice that consumed, “the Brazilian government said in a statement.

Rice and beans are essential ingredients for the cuisines of both countries.

“We will receive Mexican beans to complete our main dish in Brazil, which is rice with beans,” said the Minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Tereza Cristina Dias, in a video posted on Twitter.

Source: el economista

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