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Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

America is keeping its heifers. Brazil ships the difference.

Market Pulse Monday 10 August 2026 Key Takeaways USDA counted 28.5 million US beef cows on 1 July 2026 the smallest July figure on record. The 2026 calf crop, 32.5 million head, is the ninth consecuti...

Food Prices & Markets Rendering United States

10 août 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

FOB, CFR or CIF? Who owns the cargo once it’s on board

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY Every frozen container leaving Brazil sails under three letters — and those letters decide who pays the freight, who buys the insurance and whose problem it is if the voyage goes w...

Food Logistics & Shipping Trade Policy

8 août 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

SIAVS 2026: three days inside Brazil’s biggest animal-protein fair

INSIDE 4D WORLD SIAVS 2026 FIELD REPORT Brazil’s entire animal-protein industry spent three days under one roof in São Paulo — and 4D World’s desk walked every aisle of it. Here is what the record-bre...

Brazil Fairs & Events Food Internal News Nutre Meat

7 août 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Phoenix claws: how chicken feet became a billion-dollar off-cut

INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT N 8 Every broiler carries two of them. In most of the world they are worth less than the box they ship in. In China they are called phoenix claws, they outsell breast meat per kil...

Brazil China Food Prices & Markets

6 août 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

July 2026 scoreboard: beef pays China's quota toll, chicken flies

MARKET PULSE · Nº 13 July's books are closing, and the tape tells a split story: Brazil's beef machine finally slowed under the weight of China's exhausted quota — while chicken and pork sprinted hard...

Brazil China Food Prices & Markets

3 août 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Three months, one lesson: the year protein learned to diversify

Key Takeaways ▸ Brazil booked record H1 exports: beef US$9.85bn and chicken US$5.7bn. ▸ The FAO Meat Price Index hit a record 131.0 in June 2026. ▸ The US cattle herd fell to 86.2 million head, the sm...

Brazil Food Prices & Markets Trade Policy

2 août 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

China's Beef Quota Just Ran Out. Now What?

Key Takeaways ▸ China's 2026 tariff-free safeguard quota for beef, around 1.1 million tonnes, has been used up. ▸ Beef imported beyond the quota reportedly faces an added surcharge of roughly 55%. ▸ T...

Brazil China Food Regulation Trade Policy

29 juil. 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Brazil's Chicken Machine Breaks Its Own Record — Again

Key Takeaways ▸ Brazil is the world's largest chicken exporter and set another record in 2026. ▸ Industry association ABPA tracks and reports Brazil's poultry export volumes. ▸ China, Japan, and the U...

Brazil Food Prices & Markets

27 juil. 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Protecting the cold chain from plant to port

Key Takeaways ▸ Frozen protein must stay at or below -18C from processing all the way to the vessel. ▸ Most cold-chain failures happen at handoffs: loading, transfers, and port staging. ▸ Reefer conta...

Food Food Safety Logistics & Shipping

19 juil. 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Why South America is the world's protein engine

Key Takeaways ▸ Brazil is the world's largest exporter of both beef and chicken. ▸ Abundant land, water, and cheap grain feed give South America a durable cost advantage. ▸ Brazil holds one of the wor...

Brazil Food Latin America

19 juil. 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Salt, smoke, cold: 5,000 years of not letting meat spoil

Key Takeaways ▸ Meat preservation is a 5,000-year fight against spoilage and decay. ▸ Salting and drying gave meat its first real shelf life around 3000 BC. ▸ Nicolas Appert perfected canning in 1809,...

Food Innovation Logistics & Shipping

17 juil. 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Gelatin: the invisible ingredient in almost everything

Key Takeaways ▸ Gelatin is collagen partly broken down and purified into a protein. ▸ It gels when cool and melts when warm, a reversible, versatile trick. ▸ Gelatin makes up roughly 66.4% of the coll...

Food Pharma Prices & Markets Rendering

16 juil. 2026

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