Author: Agência Brasil
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – The rate of industrial growth attained 6.1% in the first four months of the year. Production in Brazil ended the month of April with a 0.1% growth, compared to March, contributing to the elevation of the cumulative result for the four-month period. Cumulative growth over the last 12 months
Dairy product shipping generated revenues of US$ 7.3 million in May, 188,7% over the result in the same month in 2003. Of this total, the Arab country answered to US$ 3.1 million. The sector, however, still shows a deficit. Import totalled US$ 8.3 million in the period.
This information was provided by Maria das Graças Silva Foster, Secretary of Oil, Natural Gas and Combustibles for the Ministry of Mines and Energy, during a speech at Rio Trade Week, an event preceding the 11th Unctad.
Export in the month totalled US$ 7.941 billion and the Brazilian surplus totalled US$ 3.118 billion. In the year, foreign trade has already brought US$ 33.979 billion to the country.
According to the director of the STD/Aids program, Alexandre Grangeiro, the idea is to develop new technologies and medicine so as to reduce treatment cost.
This figure is the result of export of US$ 26.038 billion up to April, and import of US$ 17.912 billion.
As decisions regarding the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) have been postponed, the Brazilian government has decided to ask for international markets to be more open to Brazilian exports. Internally, the government is also concerned with logistics for agricultural product transport to the market.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – João Havelange Olympic stadium, in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro city, where the athletics competitions of the Pan-American Games 2007 will take place, is currently being graded and having the foundations worked on so that they may be ready by the end of June. The 117,000 square-meter area
The forecasted increase in agricultural production in the southeastern state of São Paulo is 3.2%. The harvest may reach a total of 7.49 million tonnes of grain.
Agência Brasil Brasília – A Brazilian delegation, headed by the president of the National Supply Company (Conab), Luís Carlos Guedes Pinto, consisting of members of the Landless Rural Worker Movement (MST), are beginning a 15-day visit to Canada to observe family farming there. The group will visit Toronto and the provinces of Quebec, Ontário, Saskawatchan
Agência Brasil Brasília – A total of 1,470 Brazilian soldiers have begun training to eventually command a multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti. According to minister of Defense, José Viegas, the Brazilians are scheduled to arrive in Haiti in July for a six-month period which could be extended. When Brazil takes over the command, other nations
