The volume of Brazilian shipments to the region was up 32% year-to-date through November. The rate of growth is higher than that of overall Brazilian exports of the item, which was up 11.4%.
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According to the National Supply Company, grain production will amount to 195.9 million tonnes in the 2013-2014 crop, and the total crop area will be 55.2 million hectares.
Brazilian exports of agricultural products to the region netted US$ 850.2 million in November this year. Foreign sales to Africa, which is also home to Arab countries, were down 22.5%.
The 19th edition of the event will take place from January 2nd to February 2nd in the emirate. Last year, 4.3 million consumers participated in the event, spending a combined US$ 4 billion.
The Arab country will replace Saudi Arabia and will occupy a seat at the Security Council for the next two years, beginning on January 1st, 2014.
The figure, a first in the country’s history, was reached this Thursday (6th). An Argentinean lawyer has been symbolically chosen as tourist number six million.
Year-to-date through November, 98,000 units were shipped abroad, as against 95,500 units in the same period of 2012. Still, Brazilian production has declined and the industry doesn’t entertain high hopes for 2014.
The deputy managing director at the Fund, Min Zhu, visited the country this week and said it is necessary to generate private sector jobs. He said that the challenge is the same for other Arab countries.
The European Union has donated 11 million euros for the Palestinian government to make salary and pension payments to 71,000 civil servants and pensioners in November.
Dollar inflows to Brazil exceeded outflows by US$ 2.54 billion in November. Year-to-date, however, there is a US$ 3,481 billion deficit.
A trade delegation from Brazil is travelling to North Africa. The Moroccan city of Casablanca is the last step of the programme.
Output increased in October this year from October 2012, according to Brazil’s Petroleum Agency. October-on-September, however, there was a 0.7% decline.
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund visited the North African country in late November and advised on a tighter fiscal policy.
Such was the combined amount of deals closed by Brazilian businessmen at an event in Algiers, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
