Show brazil begins production of quinine tablets brazil has begun manufacture for the first time of quinine which was formerly imported chiefly from the far east the first tablets of quinine made in brazil were presented to president getulio vargas at the government palace by the directors of the brazilian quinine company of sao paulo in 1940 brazils imports of of quinine were valued at cultivation of the cinchona from which quinine is obtained began in brazil in 1938 when the united states department of agriculture presented brazil with 1000 seedlings of the cinchona imported from the far east some of the seedlings neri perished shed after arriving in rio de janeiro but others delivered to the agronomical institute of companas Com pinas in the state of sao paulo developed well at that time the government of the state of sao paulo appropriated funds to finance initial operations in in connection with acclimatizing the first grade quinine in 1939 a united states botanist presented brazil with 1000 seeds of another variety of cinchona cinchona calisaya cal isaya and nurseries were established in tijuca in the federal district |