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The Minister of Planning and Budget, Simone Tebet, released on Friday (8) a video on her social networks highlighting her passage through Acre alongside President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The agenda included a visit to the cooperation headquarters in Rio Branco, considered one of the largest references of sustainable extractivism in the northern region.
Alongside Petecão, Simone Tebet announces that Lula government will fight to take sued brown out of tariff. Photo: Reproduction
Accompanied by Senator Sérgio Petecão (PSD-AC), Tebet stressed the importance of Brazil nut production to the local economy and the federal government’s commitment to strengthen environmental policies, encourage bioeconomics and support sustainable productive chains in the Amazon.
During the visit, the minister stressed that the product faces commercial barriers in the United States. According to her, although fresh chestnut has already been removed from the list of additional tariffs, the processed, peeled, packed and ready for consumption, continues to be taxed, impairing the competitiveness of acre producers in the international market.
“We will now fight to get out of tariff. The fresh chestnut has already been taken, but we are a cooperative that generates many jobs, especially for women, and the worked chestnut has entered the tariffs,” he said.
Tebet assured that President Lula and his team will act to reverse the measure, imposed during the administration of former US President Donald Trump. “They do not have these products that do so well for health, and let’s get out of tariff to continue generating jobs and income, so that the families of Acre do not lose dignity,” he said.
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