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Article: Demand increases for Amazon ingredients.(GO!)
- Article from:
- Global Cosmetic Industry
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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IN THE LAST few years, Brazil has been exporting increasingly large numbers of beauty products and ingredients, according to the Brazilian Toiletry, Perfumery and Cosmetic Association. In 2006, Brazilian companies exported $484 million of cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances, resulting in a 152% increase over 2001, said Joao Carlos Basilio da Silva, president of the Brazilian Toiletry, Perfumery and Cosmetic Association.
The Amazon region, which covers an area larger than the entire continental U.S., contains the largest tropical forest in the world. In addition to its wealth of discovered and undiscovered flora and fauna, the Amazon is home to many diverse ...