Author: Agência Brasil
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Retail sales in general fell in 2003. Hypermarket and supermarket sales (which means food and beverages), were down 4.87% in 2003, compared to 2002. Fuel (gasoline, diesel and alcohol) sales dropped 4.29%. According to the statistical bureau (IBGE), which announced the numbers, negative results in retail sales were due to
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Retail sales in general fell in 2003. Hypermarket and supermarket sales (which means food and beverages), were down 4.87% in 2003, compared to 2002. Fuel (gasoline, diesel and alcohol) sales dropped 4.29%. According to the statistical bureau (IBGE), which announced the numbers, negative results in retail sales were due to
Agência Brasil Brasília – The deputy director of the International Monetary Fund for the Western Hemisphere, Charles Collyns, and other officials of the fund are in Brazil for the first revision of the preventive US$14.8 billion agreement signed at the end of last year. Yesterday the mission met with the head of the National Treasury,
Foreign Relations Ministry representative says Brazilian government recognises United States effort in FTAA negotiations, but that Brazilian interests must not be forgotten. He also stated that 80% of the matters discussed in Puebla were solved.
Agência Brasil Brasília – An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Phil Gerson, the head of the Atlantic Division of the Western Hemisphere Department, has arrived in Brasília. They will undertake the first revision of the US$14.8 billion preventive agreement reached at the end of last year. The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect
Agência Brasil Brasília – The decision to suspend imports of chickens and their genetic material from the United States will not be detrimental to the Brazilian poultry industry, says Ariel Mendes of the Brazilian Aviculture Union. “For security reasons these firms have genetic material in various countries. When there is a problem in one country
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture prohibited this week the importation of chicken and by-products from the United States. The preventive measure is intended to keep avian influenza (“bird flu”) from entering Brazil. An outbreak of the disease was identified in the United States on Saturday (7). According to the Ministry, it has
