Foreign sales of agricultural products grossed US$ 5.87 billion in January. A decline in prices of the main products sold has weighed down on revenues.
Author: From the Newsroom
Overall exports of the product from Brazil were up 6.8%, but the volume sold to the Arab world has declined. Revenues have increased nonetheless.
The sales of the Brazilian product stood at US$ 426 million, a drop of 23% over the same month last year. For Egypt, however, shipments increased 30%, with revenues of US$ 72 million.
The Fund states that cheap oil can help countries to reorganize their economies and promote growth, but warns of the challenges posed by the risk of deflation in Europe and Japan and the depreciation of emerging countries’ currencies.
Estimate from Brazilian companies that attended Arab Health fair in January, in the UAE, points to business and deals generating orders of US$ 21 million. Almost US$ 1 million in equipment was already sold.
The president and five directors announced their resignation. Replacements will be defined next Friday (06th).
Etihad Airways has launched a promotion campaign for São Paulo-Abu Dhabi flights or flights with transfers to Dubai, valid for tickets issued by March 31st.
Transport aircraft KC-390 was flight tested this Tuesday. The Brazilian Air Force ordered 28 examples and other countries have shown interest for 32 more.
The Dubai-based port operator handled 60 million containers in 2014. Brazil’s Embraport terminal helped the result.
The figure is an estimate of the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism for the number of tourists that will come to Rio during the 2016 Olympics.
The airline from Abu Dhabi carried 14.8 million people last year. Cargo transport increased 17% and reached 568,600 tons.
The UN agency’s Brazilian-born incumbent will be the sole candidate in the upcoming elections and should run the organization for another four-year term.
A Brazilian Central Bank poll of financial institutions has returned projections of 7.01% inflation and 0.03% economic growth for 2015.
Estimation is from the Ministry of Tourism, which also assesses that the event will generate R$ 6.6 billion (US$ 2.47 billion) in Brazil from February 13th to 18th.
