Stop will negotiate cocoa and chocolate in the international fair of São Paulo

During a meeting on Monday (8), Sedap, of which goes to the Chocolat Sao Paulo, the President of the Economic development company of Pará (Codec), Lutfala Bitar, emphasized the vertical integration as an alternative to the State out of the extraction and have greater participation in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country. Get a model of equipment to compose small agribusinesses in cocoa producing regions in Pará is one of the goals of para trade mission that follows, this Wednesday (10), to participate in the Chocoltat São Paulo, 12 to 14. The Stop will have two institutional and commercial booths, where Secretaries and technicians from the Government, non-governmental institutions, entrepreneurs and producers will disclose the potential of cacauicultura para and negotiate almonds, chocolate, jewelry and cocoa by-products, besides knowing the larger consumer market trends in the country. The Mission of para will have a preliminary schedule from day 10, with technical visits in chocolate factories from São Paulo and on 14, a whole afternoon of lectures about the characteristics of Amazonian cocoa and chocolate. The mission will also disclose the VI International Festival of cocoa and Chocolate from Amazon, which will be held in Bethlehem, of the 22 September 19. The verticalization of production chains and the integration of partnerships will be North of State actions to develop the Stop as a whole. In the agricultural sector, the growth is linked to the agribusiness production processing and one of them is the cocoa chain, where the Government will encourage the creation of machinery built in his own State to reduce the cost of producers. The Secretary of Agricultural Development and fisheries, Hugo Suenaga, reported that the Government's intention is to conduct trade fairs of cocoa and chocolate-producing regions of Pará, starting by Altamira, Pará, responsible for 80% of the production of cocoa in the State, which today is almost 132,000 tons, the largest in the country. During a meeting on Monday (8), Sedap, of which goes to the Chocolat Sao Paulo, the President of the Economic development company of Pará (Codec), Lutfala Bitar, emphasized the vertical integration as an alternative to the State out of the extraction and have greater participation in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country. The Superintendent of the Brazilian service of Support for Micro and small enterprises (Sebrae), Rubens Magno, reported that will strengthen capacity building in the various segments of the economy and promote business rounds in Pará, to develop the small entrepreneur. The departments of economic development, mining and energy (Sedeme) and tourism (Setur), besides the Institute of gems and Jewels of the Amazon (Igam), also form part of the trade mission of Pará at the I International Festival of cocoa and Chocolate.