So said president Dilma Rousseff at the 48th Mercosur Summit opening in Brasília. She claimed progress was made in talks with the EU and meetings were held with the EFTA, Lebanon, Tunisia, Korea and Japan.
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Brazil’s external purchases of fertilizer declined in H1. Association reports a decline of demand in several crops cultivations. Arab countries also reduced sales.
The Central Bank reports that the amount of incoming US dollars in Brazil was higher than the outgoing sum of the currency from January through July 10th. Foreign trade was chiefly responsible.
The action promoted by UNRWA set a goal to collect US$ 3,171 until mid-September. The agency provides assistance to 240,000 children in Palestinian territory’s schools. Donations can be made via internet. Minimal contribution is of US$ 3.17.
Egypt, Algeria and the UAE, which are among the top 10 importers of bovine meat from Brazil, increased their purchases from January to June. Egypt was the fourth leading buyer.
Brazilian crops will gross US$ 93.2 billion in 2015 and livestock will gross US$ 53.1 billion, says the Ministry of Agriculture. The former is expected to decline and the latter to increase.
Watch in this episode: Businessmen from Tunisia and Morocco show their products at the Arab Brazilian Chamber booth at APAS, the São Paulo Supermarket Association fair.
After entering the month on a surplus, Brazil saw imports outpace exports again last week. Foreign sales declined for finished, semi-finished and basic goods.
Container traffic reached 1.55 million TEUs in the first half of this year, up 4% from H1 2014. The amount of automobiles and oil products handled also increased.
The benefit targets researchers interested in projects involving one or more pieces from the library’s collection. Registration is open until July 24th. Applicants must be fluent in Portuguese.
Projections from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and research corporation Embrapa show grain production in Brazil will go from 200 million to 260 million tons in ten years. Meats production should also grow.
As per FAO projections, in case new policies are not implemented, there will be 653 million hungry people in the world by 2030. In the Middle East and North Africa, the number should drop from 36 million to 29 million.
A report from Unctad advises that the sector’s potential be better explored in order to fuel jobs creation and growth in the continent.
The unit of the University of São Paulo in the city of Ribeirão Preto will offer an extension course on women in Islam, with an anthropological approach. The classes are free and start at the end of August.
