Author: Alexandre Rocha
Agência Brasil Rio – The executive secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Maria das Graças Foster, says that the Brazilian government is hard at work to transform the country into a significant exporter of its sugarcane-based fuel [which is actually a form of ethanol, but is called "alcohol" in Brazil]. At the same
Agência Brasil Brasília – With optimism, but also caution, was the way Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described how he felt about the news of record industrial output in May. Production was up 2.2%, the highest since September 2003. Speaking to the nation during his fortnightly radio talk, "Breakfast with the President," Lula explained
In the first half, Middle Eastern participation rose from 5.9% to 7% of all trade. With regard to the African continent, values increased from 4.1% of export to 5.4%. Shipping revenues to both regions have risen expressively in the period: 61.3% to the former bloc, and 76.14% to the latter.
Slaughterers qualified to do so according to Islamic rules will be available 24 hours a day in 30 producing units of Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association (Abiec) associates. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are among the main buyers of the Brazilian product.
Revenues from shipments to the region went up 76% and reached almost US$ 1.86 billion in the first six months of the year. In June, shipments yielded US$ 442.5 million, 170% more than in the same months in 2003. According to Paulo Atallah, president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, these are historical records.
Agência Brasil Brasília – An August meeting of the Biregional Negotiating Committee (CNB) for a Mercosur-European Union free trade zone will be held in Brasilia. Meanwhile, this month, between the 19th and 23rd, the CNB will meet in Brussels for a discussion of technical issues. Mercosur and the EU are discussing a wide range of
In all, the agency promoted the participation of 4,901 Brazilian companies in 245 missions and fairs, such as Arab Health and Beauty World Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates. The forecast is for the contacts made to generate additional business of US$ 1.76 billion over the next 12 months.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian government was pleased with the results of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting that ended this weekend in Geneva, Switzerland. Brazil and other developing countries achieved a major victory over the rich nations: the inclusion of an agreement to eliminate agricultural export subsidies in the document approved by the
The idea, according to the minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, is to invite an Iraqi delegation to Brazil and then, in return, send a Brazilian group to Iraq. In his opinion, feelings of insecurity in the Arab country do not make the proposal infeasible.
