Coconut production contributes to the national economy of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. According to figures published in December 2009 by the

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

of the

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, it is the world's fourth-largest producer of coconuts, producing 2,759,044 tonnes in 2009.Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
Economic And Social Department: The Statistical Division

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