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Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

FMD-Free Without Vaccination: Brazil's Offal Opening

Key Takeaways ▸ On June 8, 2026, China recognized all of Brazil as FMD-free without vaccination. ▸ Rio Grande do Sul (8 plants) and Mato Grosso (1) joined Santa Catarina (7) — 16 authorized plants. ▸ ...

Brazil China Rendering Trade Policy

12 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

The September 3 clock: Brazil, the EU and the antimicrobial file

TRADE & REGULATION On 3 September 2026 Brazil is due to drop off the European Union's list of authorised exporters of animal products not over a disease, not over a residue scandal, but over paperwork...

Brazil Europe Regulation Trade Policy

5 de ago. de 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 de ago. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Reforma tributária: what changes for exporters on August 3

Key Takeaways ▸ From August 3, 2026, NF-e invoices lacking new IBS/CBS fields are auto-rejected. ▸ Brazil's tax reform replaces old taxes with the federal CBS and sub-national IBS. ▸ 2026 transition r...

Brazil Regulation Trade Policy

1 de ago. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

China opens to Brazilian bovine gallstones

Key Takeaways ▸ China signed a protocol opening its market to Brazilian bovine gallstones. ▸ Gallstones are the raw material behind niu huang, prized in Chinese medicine. ▸ Only a small fraction of ca...

China Pharma Rendering Trade Policy

30 de jul. de 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 de jul. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

EUDR, Take Two: Your New Deadline Is 30 December 2026

Key Takeaways ▸ The EUDR applies from 30 December 2026 for large and medium-sized operators and traders. ▸ Cattle and beef are among seven commodities covered by the regulation. ▸ Products must be def...

Europe Regulation Sustainability Trade Policy

23 de jul. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

The 25% tariff lands — but beef ducks it

Key Takeaways ▸ A 25% Section 301 duty on Brazilian goods took effect July 22, 2026. ▸ Beef, coffee, rare earths and aircraft parts were carved out of the tariff. ▸ Sugar, apparel and textiles, paper ...

Brazil Trade Policy United States

22 de jul. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

Australia's China cliff — a lesson for Brazil

Key Takeaways ▸ Australia's grainfed beef to China fell 71% to 7,814 tonnes in June 2026. ▸ The drop followed a 205,000-tonne China quota triggering in early June. ▸ A 55% surcharge went live on out-o...

China Trade Policy

24 de jun. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

The reefer-rate rollercoaster

Key Takeaways ▸ Drewry's composite World Container Index sits near US$4,547 per FEU in mid-July. ▸ That is the highest reading since September 2024, after touching $4,639. ▸ Shanghai-Rotterdam runs at...

Logistics & Shipping Trade Policy

17 de jun. de 2026

Raphael Carmo · Managing Partner, 4D World

How Brazil opened 639 markets — and counting

Key Takeaways ▸ Brazil opened 13 export markets in a single day on 9 June 2026. ▸ MAPA has racked up 639 market openings across 97 destinations since 2023. ▸ Ethiopia opened to Brazilian fish meal, ru...

Africa Brazil Rendering Trade Policy

10 de jun. de 2026

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