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.
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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.
The continent’s development bank will send resources to the support program on the economic competitiveness of the Arab country.
From July 2014 to June this year, Brazilian producers shipped the most product abroad in a single crop: 36.4 million 60-kilogram bags. Sales to Arab countries declined in the first half of 2015.
In the first three business days of July, Brazil’s balance between exports and imports registered a surplus of US$ 636 million. Year-to-date, the surplus stands at US$ 2.8 billion.
The increase in exports was one of the few good news released by the automakers association about the first half. Output is down 18.5%.
Apex-Brasil and Abiquifi will give a new boost to project Brazilian Pharma Solutions. Saudi Arabia is the priority market.
The amount traded at the São Paulo Stock Exchange was down from US$ 45.8 billion in May. The primary index was up 0.6%.
Research by Ernst & Young shows that among executives from the sector’s companies, 56% intend to do mergers and acquisitions during the next 12 months. The survey has worldwide scope.
The Arab country is in the midst of a civil war and 21 million residents are in need of assistance. The World Food Programme announced that 3 million tons of supplies are due for delivery next week.
