Agnelo Queiroz travelled to the emirate to see the local infrastructure and to promote investment opportunities in Brasília, the Brazilian capital.
Author: From the Newsroom
The country should transfer US$ 1.2 million to the UN agency for use in humanitarian projects in several countries.
The country has gone from second to eighth in the list of countries with the most optimistic businessmen. Still, it remains among the ten most positive in a survey of 40 nations.
Exports, imports, and the trade balance have declined last week. There was a slowdown in sales of basic, semi-manufactured, and manufactured goods.
The number of visitors reached 845,642 in May, according to the government. The movement, however, is far from that prior to the Arab Spring.
Supplied by the Ministry of Tourism, the funds will be allocated to the twelve cities that will host FIFA 2014 World Cup matches, and will be invested in tourist information centres.
Buyer project organized by Arab Brazilian Chamber and Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency brought representatives of Middle East companies to the country for meetings with food suppliers.
The Qatari airline won an award from the global aviation research company Skytrax. The airline also won the best in the Middle East and best cabin staff categories.
Exports of the Brazilian product to Saudi Arabia totalled US$ 11 million in the first half. In general, Brazil’s foreign sales of shoes dropped 20% in the period.
Production should grow 1.7% a year over the next decade, against 2.6% over the last 10 years. Food prices should remain at a high level, according to a FAO and OECD report.
Foreign sales from the country reached US$ 5.36 billion last week. Daily average figures were up 1.2% as against July 2011 and up 10.8% as against June 2012.
Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 44.78 billion in the first half. In June, however, shipment revenues dropped 9.4%. The soy complex was the main highlight.
Importers from the Middle East will meet with Brazilian exporters at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce offices in São Paulo.
The Brazilian animation festival, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, brings Syrian cartoons Ostora, and the Tunisian L’Mrayet. It is the first time of these countries at the event.
