Author: Alexandre Rocha
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian beef exports totaled US$ 1.67 billion in the 12-month period ending in March, according to the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA). This was 45% more than the value of beef exports (US$ 1.14 billion) for the April 2002/March 2003 period. According to the CNA, there was a recuperation
Agência Brasil Brasília – Minister of Mines and Energy, Dilma Rousseff, and minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, met with the US secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham, yesterday (19) in Brasília. According to Rousseff, Brazil is interested in using its sugarcane-based ethanol to generate electricity, but discussed a bilateral cooperation agreement with Abraham for studies
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Brazilian chicken exports rose 9.3% in first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year. As if that was not enough good news, revenue from chicken exports jumped over 45% as well, because of an increase of 34.5% in chicken meat prices on international markets. March chicken
The factory was established in 1956 by Hungarian immigrant Johann Gordon, who produced work clothes, first in Hungary, then in Morocco, where he spent a period before moving to Brazil. The North African country still has a strong tradition in the textile area.
If confirmed, this result will represent 30.5% over the 2003 volume. To the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, the US$ 300 million monthly average in the first quarter of 2004 has been surprising. He also pointed out increased export to countries in North Africa, which have risen from 29% to 42% of total trade.
Nordine Safer Tabi, an importer and distributor, is interested in business with suppliers of iron and steel bars and wood for constructions. He already imports pipes and connections made by factories Tigre and Tupi.
Agência Brasil Brasília – From now on, the 5.2 million square kilometers that form the Amazon region as it is administratively defined ("Amazônia Legal") will be monitored in real time by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). Yesterday (13) marked the inauguration of the Environmental Monitoring Center (Cemam), which will
These were some of the results of the two-day visit by Moroccan chancellor Mohamed Benaïssa to Brasília. Closer relations between both countries and South-South cooperation were the main topics of his talks with president Lula, with ministers Celso Amorim (Foreign Relations), Luiz Fernando Furlan (Development) and Gilberto Gil (Culture) and with João Paulo Cunha, president of the lower house. From these meetings arose the possibility of an accord with the Mercosur and the creation of a new regul
Agência Brasil Brasília – An animal and plant inspection team from Japan arrived in Brazil this week to examine sanitation conditions in the country. The Japanese are studying the possibility of increasing purchases of cooked and frozen meat from Brazil. Last year Japan imported 188,000 tons of Brazilian meats: chicken, in natura and industrialized, along
Mohamed Benaïssa, Moroccan minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation met president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília yesterday. Among the topics discussed were the increase of cooperation between developing countries, negotiations between the Mercosur, the Common Market of the South, a customs union between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, and the North African country, and the organization of the summit between the South Americana and Arab countries to take place in Brazil in Dec
