Revenue slid year-on-year in April due to good sales in April of last year, the fact that April this year had less business days, and the Federal Police bribery probe Operação Carne Fraca, an industry association said.
Author: From the Newsroom
Exports exceeded imports by almost USD 7 billion, the highest such gap since April 1989. Foreign sales reached USD 17.686 billion, with foreign purchases amounting to USD 10.717 billion.
Qatar Meat Production, the only meat processing plant in the Arab country, announced plans to start to import Brazilian animal protein directly.
Each of the graduate courses offered by the São Paulo university will have one seat available for a refugee. Applicants are required to take the National High School Exam (Enem).
An institute that works with refugees is organizing an event this Saturday and Sunday in the bohemian district of the city of São Paulo. There will be typical foods, sale of goods and art presentations.
The Tunisian FM visited the Ministry of Social and Agrarian Development this Friday (28) and expressed an interest in social programs. Government’s staff will travel to Tunisia to further discussions on the issue.
Survey by Consulting firm Boa Vista SCPC shows the opening of new companies in Brazil increasing at a faster pace. Individual micro-entrepreneurs and micro-companies drove the increase.
Khemaies Jhinaoui met with Aloysio Nunes Ferreira to enter into deals concerning young people, technology, and economic cooperation. Libraries from both countries also reached a memorandum of understanding.
Revenue from capital goods sales from Brazil to other countries reached USD 945 million in March, a significant increase over February. Quarter one numbers also increased.
Expenditure on international travel reached USD 4.47 billion in the first quarter of the year. The result was fueled by appreciation of Brazil’s currency, the real.
The Brazilian embassy will have a stand at the trade show from May 8 to 13 in the Algerian capital. Companies Andrade Gutierrez and WEG will be there, and other enterprises can still join up.
Representatives from the sector met with Egyptian authorities and organized a barbecue to promote the Brazilian product in Cairo.
The third week of April saw exports reach USD 4.320 billion with imports amounting to USD 2.551 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services. The resulting surplus was USD 1.769 billion.
Delegation headed by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) is in Morocco, and later it will go to Egypt and Algeria.
