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[Hopperbin]

The Minister contends that the wheat would have been imported regardless of the elimination of the import tariff, so why make wheat more expensive in northeastern Brazil for no valid reason. The fact is even if the 10% import tariff remained in place, it would still be cheaper to import wheat from the U.S. or Canada into northeastern Brazil than it is to transport wheat by truck from the production areas of southern Brazil into northeastern Brazil