To improve the quality of soybean exports and reduce losses, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) wants to change the grain moisture content established in Normative Instruction 11/2007 from 14% to 13%. The ministry elaborated a proposal to rethink the grain classification chart, and the discussion is still ongoing. Soybeans are the commodity most exported at the Port of Santos. Soybean moisture content refers to the limit of free water in the product sent for export. The higher the humidity, the greater the chance of the cargo going to waste. This happens after the product’s fermentation, which takes on a dark brown color and the possibility of contamination by mycotoxins. Possible consequences are financial losses and the return of the goods in some cases.
Sources: A Tribuna/Datamar News