Speaking to journalists at the end of a visit to the Penalva do Castelo Pastor and Cheese Fair, Maria do Céu Albuquerque clarified that she meant that Asian markets “are very demanding from the point of view of food security”, but Portuguese products , “Due to their high quality and the standards they have to comply with, are currently in the global market and also in the Asian market”.
“Our exports are clearly a distinctive factor in agriculture within the Portuguese economy. Statistics Portugal’s data [Instituto Nacional de Estatística] published yesterday [sexta-feira] demonstrate that, of the 6.9 billion euros of exports, we have moved to 7.1 billion euros ”, he stressed.
On Wednesday, in Berlin, on a visit to Portuguese companies participating in Fruit Logística, the minister said she believed that the new coronavirus, which has already caused more than 700 deaths in China, “may even have very positive consequences” for Portuguese exports. from the agri-food sector to Asian markets.
Today, the governor recalled that she accompanied Portugal Fresh, “which has been doing that fair for ten years” and that started “with the volume of exports of 700 million euros and at this moment it is double, 1.600 million euros of exports”.
“This is what is important to value. I deeply regret that this message was not sent, because far from me wanting to take advantage of what is a global scourge, which inevitably conditions the world economy and the lives of all citizens, regardless of where they are in the world ” , he stressed.
Maria do Céu Albuquerque guaranteed that the sector will continue to work to demonstrate the confidence that third countries can have in Portuguese products.
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