Foreign sales from Brazil were down 2.6%, while purchases were up 11.7%. The resulting trade surplus exceeded USD 1 billion.
Author: From the Newsroom
The 50th International Shoe and Accessories Fashion Fair (Francal) will take place at Expo Center Norte and the industry outlook is good. Guest importers include 11 Arab ones.
The Deslocamento Criativo project will be launched on July 14, in São Paulo, and will offer a snapshot of the opportunities and challenges to immigrants from Africa and the Middle East.
An association in the Arab country is accepting entries from pianists aged 10 to 32 for a contest next November. The Embassy of Brazil in Rabat is offering a prize for best performance of a piece by a Brazilian composer.
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional has entries open until August 13 to foreign publishing houses interested in obtaining financial support to publish the works of Brazilian writers in their countries.
Industry players will convene next August in Paraná for the Brazilian Forum of Dry Bean, Pulses and Special Crops. The event will also be joined by the Global Pulses Confederation (GPC), which is based in Dubai.
A provisional measure that creates the program Rota 2030 was signed this Thursday (05), aiming to make the Brazilian auto industry adapt to the new global challenges in the production and use of cars.
The industry grossed USD 492 million in the first half of this year. The country welcomed 3.23 million tourists during that time.
The airport handled 36.9 million passengers from January to May, down 0.1% from a year ago, as a result of Ramadan.
The weekend will see the third edition of ‘Occupy and Resist,’ a lunch event organized by Syrian, Palestinian and Brazilian residents of the Leila Khaled Occupation to raise funds for structural renovations.
The average number of measures per month went from three to six amid the trade war triggered by United States president Donald Trump.
The Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) said the trucker strike had a major impact on the industry’s foreign sales.
Dollar inflow surpassed outflow in Brazil last month. Year-to-date, there’s a forex surplus of USD 22.5 billion.
The olive oil expo will be held on July 10 and 11 at Palácio de Exposições do Anhembi, in São Paulo. Registrations are open. The lecture organized by the Arab Chamber is scheduled for July 11, at 1:30 pm.
