national production, the country being the 6th largest producer in the world); tomato (44% of national production, the country being the 10th largest producer); tangerine (60% of national production, the country being the 6th largest producer in the world); papaya (40% of national production, the country being the 2nd largest producer in the world); pineapple (27% of national production, the country being the 3rd world producer); cassava (13% of national production, the country being the 5th world producer). The region still produces considerable amounts of: bean (more than 20% of national production, the country being the 3rd world producer); soy (7% of the country's production, which is the largest producer in the world); potato, carrot and strawberry (more than 50% of the country's production). Livestock The livestock also has great prominence in the region. The Southeast is the second national producer of milk, with 34.2%, slightly losing compared to the South Region, which produces 35.7%. The southeast has the largest herd of cows milked: 30.4% of the total of 17.1 million existing in Brazil. The highest productivity, however, is that of the Southern Region, with an average of 3,284 liters per cow per year, which is why it has led the milk production ranking since 2015. Minas Gerais is the main milk-producing state in Brazil with the largest it is also effective for milked cows, responsible for 26.6% of production and 20.0% of all animals in milk. The municipality of Patos de Minas was the second largest producer in 2017, with 191.3 million liters of milk. Poultry farming and egg production are the most important in the country. Flocks of poultry, according to IBGE, include chickens, roosters, hens and chicks. In 2018, the South region, with an emphasis on the creation of chickens for slaughter, was responsible for almost half of the Brazilian total (46.9%). Paraná only represented 26.2%. However, the situation is reversed when it comes to chickens. The first region in the ranking was the Southeast, with 38.9% of the country's total capital. A total of 246.9 million hens was estimated for 2018. The state of São Paulo was responsible for 21.9%. The national production of chicken eggs was 4.4 billion dozen in 2018. The Southeast region was responsible for 43.8% of the total produced. The state of São Paulo was the largest national producer (25.6%), with a total of 16.8 million birds. The Southeast is responsible for