The company Portos do Paraná received on Wednesday (19) a delegation from the government of Japan that is looking for more business in Brazil. The country is already the second largest buyer of Brazilian products in added value via the Port of Paranaguá, but it may increase this participation in the future.
The Japanese want to further diversify the suppliers of agricultural products and are closely checking the entire production and logistics chain from the field to the shipment of the products to the East.
“This close trade with other countries and with Japan, in particular, is extremely important for the Ports of Paraná and shows our ability to attract more investments”, says André Pioli, Director of Corporate Relations. According to him, the delegation’s visit was very positive and should generate more business for the production chain. “We are efficient in our operation, we have security with all ISPS Code protocols and an organization that draws attention”, he highlights.
If it depends on the Port of Paranaguá, trade with Japan has everything to increase. “It is a very organized port, the way of operation is very good and we don’t see cleanliness in other ports,” says Daizo Matsubara, head of the Food Security Office at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan.
According to him, his country’s biggest concern is the interruption of food supplies due to logistical problems, such as strikes, for example. “We want to guarantee continuity of supply so that we can invest more,” says Matsubara.
André Pioli explained that the operation is carried out by private companies, the scheduling system and the Sorting Yard ended the lines of trucks and this only increases the efficiency of the public company.
In Paraná, the delegation (also formed by the vice president of the Ibaraki Social Center Association of Brazil, Izumi Honda, the grain consultant Heitor Hayashi and the interpreter Ana Kojima) paid visits to cooperatives and logistics companies to assess the whole scenario since the field until the products travel to Japan. Another concern was with sustainability and conservation of the environment in production.
Last year, the three main products imported by Japan via Paranaguá were corn (1.9 million tons at a cost of US $ 318 million), chicken (164 thousand tons, US $ 319 million) and soybean meal (163 thousand tons , US $ 51 million).
In the Porto ranking, Japan only loses to China in turnover: US $ 5.8 billion against US $ 745 million, ahead of Iran with US $ 737 million.
Source: Portos do Paraná
