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>[13.mai.05] Geographical
Indications - Cerrado Minas Gerais State is
recognized as Geographical Indication
Source: Site INPI
The coffee producers of the Cerrado” Region of
the Minas Gerais State had given one more step in the
direction of the register of Geographic Indication.
The Brazilian National Industrial Property Office –
INPI/BR granted the order for register and, with the
recognition conferred for the technician of the Institute,
guaranteed for the Brazilian law (Law nº 9.279/96
- art. 176), the manufacturers of coffee of the related
region will have exclusiveness on the name that identifies
the origin of the product.
The certificate is also a form to add value and credibility
to a product or service. For the exporters, it works
as a market differential because of the qualities associates
to determined regions. In accordance with specialists,
the coffee from Cerrado” Region of the Minas Gerais
State detaches for the soft flavor and chocolate aroma.
The main cities that produces the coffee from Cerrado”
Region of the Minas Gerais State are Araguari, Indianópolis,
Aimorés, Monte Carmelo, Patrocínio, São
Gotardo, Coromandel and Araxá. In the 70’s,
the coffee culture was the preponderant factor, for
the development of these cities. The ground of the region
is argillaceous and the topography favors the mechanization
of the coffee farmings.
The Register of Geographic Indication that will to the
Cerrado” Region of the Minas Gerais State is the
second to be recognized by the INPI. In 2002 the “Vale
dos Vinhedos” at the Rio Grande do Sul State,
got this certificate of quality that consolidates the
associated image to the excellence regions in the production
of wines, as Bordeaux and Champagne, in France, or Rioja,
in Spain.
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