On April 2, the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra hosted Business Connection Bolivia, an initiative of the Brazilian Renderers project — a partnership between the Brazilian Renderers Association (ABRA) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), aimed at the internationalization of Brazil’s animal rendering industry. The event was held during the AgropeCruz fair, at the Lobby Salon Guarayo of FEXPOCRUZ, bringing together companies from the sector, Bolivian buyers, and authorities from both countries in a strategic setting for business and institutional integration.
The program featured the presence of the Brazilian Consul General in Santa Cruz, Francisco Carlos Soares Luz, and Marco Antonio Risco Burgos, representative of Bolivia’s National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG), highlighting the diplomatic and regulatory weight of the initiative. In his welcome speech, the consul emphasized the quality of Brazilian production, the opportunities for bilateral trade, and Bolivia’s potential as a supplier of animal raw material for the Brazilian biodiesel market. He also noted the positive impact Bolivia’s full membership in Mercosur could have on the business environment between the two countries.
The highlight of Business Connection was the business matchmaking round, which brought Brazilian animal rendering companies closer to Bolivian buyers in meetings focused on generating real and long-term deals. Major industry players participated in the initiative, including A&R / BR Render, Independent Brazil, Minerva Foods, FASA (by Darling Ingredients), Grupo Patense, and Levo Alimentos, showcasing their production capacity and the excellence of Brazilian products.
The agenda continued with a cocktail reception hosted by REAM, creating a relaxed space for networking and exchanging experiences among industry representatives, authorities, and potential partners.
With this event, Brazilian Renderers reaffirms its commitment to market expansion and the international promotion of Brazil’s animal rendering industry, strengthening the sector’s presence in a strategic and high-growth-potential market — especially in the pet food segment.
Brazilian Renderers
Since 2012, ABRA and ApexBrasil have promoted the Brazilian Renderers project with the objective of promoting exports from the Animal Rendering sector – meal, fat, blood products and palatabiliy ehancers, and hydrolyzed protein of animal origin. Through participation in fairs, workshops and other special actions of commercial promotion, the projects value attributes of the animal rendering industry and its products – such as quality, health status and sustainability of production – and value the international brands of products, fostering new business for Brazilian exporters.
To learn more visit: brazilianrenderers.com
About ABRA
ABRA is an entity that represents the industries in the animal rendering sector that produce meal, fat, blood products and palatabiliy ehancers, and hydrolyzed protein of animal origin. It is a non-profit entity. It was founded in 2006 and works to promote its members, disseminate actions aimed at the segment, mediate the relationship with other entities and government agencies, in addition to fostering the generation of business in the national and international market.
For more information, visit: abra.ind.br
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) acts to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investments to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy.
The Agency carries out diversified commercial promotion actions aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and commercial missions, business rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in large international fairs, and visits by foreign buyers and opinion-makers to know the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that also aim to strengthen the Brazil brand. ApexBrasil also acts in a coordinated manner with public and private actors to attract foreign direct investments (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.
To learn more, visit: https://apexbrasil.com.br/