In the third week of January, USD 2.442 billion were exported and USD 2.599 billion were imported, with the result being a deficit of USD 156 million.
Author: From the Newsroom
On February 20th and 21st, leaders of African countries and business owners will discuss ways of promoting mutual investments in the continent and attracting the private sector.
The UN agency says that the country begun to attract larger and more diversified resources after adopting broad reforms, creating specialized agencies in the area and keeping economic and political stability.
The Fund increased from 1% to 3.5% the forecast for the decline of the Brazilian GDP in 2016. The president added that the causes of pessimism are political and not economic.
The sum will be spent on infrastructure works at industrial zones in the Upper Egypt provinces Qena and Sohag.
The São Paulo State secretary for Culture, Marcelo Mattos Araujo, visited the organization in Abu Dhabi and talked exchange with CEO Abdullah Mohammed Al Rayes.
According to the Federal Revenue office of Brazil, tax revenues reached 1.211 trillion in 2015, a decline of 5.62% over 2014.
It was the worst year since 1992, according to information from the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
World circulation of foreign direct investments reached USD 1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 36% over 2014. Unctad says, however, that only a small fraction of this money went, in fact, to the productive sector.
The main index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange closed down on a day in which the world’s top markets tumbled due to the oil price drop.
Brazil’s National Supply Company forecasts that between 49.13 million and 51.94 million bags will be harvested in 2016. The amount will be second only to the harvest total in 2002.
The loss of value of Russian currency and fear over terror attacks harmed the industry’s performance.
The Brazilian executive received offers from the Arab fund for four of his businesses in the marine infrastructure, oil and gas, coal and mining industries.
Sales to the region’s countries totaled USD 218.5 million. In all, more than 1.5 million 60-kg bags were shipped.

