The Fund’s mission met with representatives of the Iraqi government. Conflicts and oil’s low prices drove the country’s GDP down 2.1% in 2015, but the organization sees improvement in fiscal policies.
Author: From the Newsroom
Survey ordered by the industry and export promotion agency shows that the country’s market is expanding and that the local consumer is pleased with the Brazilian product. Brands such as Havaianas are very well-known.
The surplus is the result of USD 3.6 billion in exports and USD 2.3 billion in imports. Shipments of basic goods, semi-finished and finished products all increased.
The Qatar’s capital will hold an exhibition and conference on maritime security starting next Tuesday. Around 9,000 visitors from 60 countries are expected to attend.
UN’s refugee agency will organize an international meeting next Wednesday. The goal is to come up with options for resettlement.
Heads of the three organizations begun a trip to Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia to establish partnerships and funding to support growth and help refugees.
The new field is located in the western part of the Gulf country. The state-run company is making tests and believes in high economic viability.
The region accounted for 6% of purchases of the company’s products abroad in 2014 and declined to 3% last year. Lower oil prices affected the performance in international markets.
The February’s result as measured by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics points to an increase of 2.4 percentage points over the same month in 2015.
Despite the surplus from the third week of March, Brazilian exports declined and imports increased in comparison to the month’s first two weeks.
Saudi Arabia went from 17th in January to 7th place in the first two months in the ranking of the largest importers of footwear produced in Brazil, according to data from the manufacturers’ association. Exports went up 29%.
A meeting on the topic is scheduled for June in Mato Grosso state and one of the speakers will be from agribusiness cooperative Cooperáguas, which exports cowpea beans to the Arab market.
In a lecture, Nelson Barbosa, Finance minister, also said that politics needs to help the economy and vice versa.
The Arab country had two representatives in the Buyer’s Project promoted by Movelsul Brasil 2016, fair of the furniture sector that takes place in Bento Gonçalves, 121 km from Porto Alegre.
