Companies supported by the Export Promotion Agency exported US$ 23.14 billion in 2010, a figure equivalent to 16.43% of total exports. The country should maintain its foreign sales level in 2011.
Author: From the Newsroom
Foreign sales of the Brazilian product reached US$ 6.2 billion from January to November. A total of 3.5 million tonnes were shipped. The Middle East remained the leading buyer.
Cláudio Camelier, the Executive Jet Market Intelligence vice president at the Brazilian aircraft maker, said that 300 aircraft should enter operation in the region over the next 10 years.
The consortium that will purchase 18.65% of BGT Pactual includes the emirate’s Investment Council. The group is going to spend US$ 1.8 billion on the deal.
The Lineage 1000 executive jet, manufactured by Embraer, was the first of two in a large order placed by Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), based in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Embraer has nominated ExecuJet Aviation Group to be its new Authorised Service Centre in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The Brazilian company has already sold two jets to Saudi Aramco.
Embraer delivered, on Friday (3), the first executive jet in the large category to another Arab country. The aircraft will be managed by Jordanian private company Arab Wings.
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved US$ 20 million for the processing of residues in the cities of Itapevi and Paulínia, both in the interior of the state of São Paulo.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a letter this Friday to the Palestinian National Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, recognizing the state with its 1967 borders.
The company should show three jets in the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA), from December 7th to 10th, at Dubai International Airport, in the Emirates.
A contest held among growers in the state of Minas Gerais awarded coffee from the Kaquend farm. At an auction during the award ceremony, the bag was sold for US$ 4,707.
In March next year, the company will start building a plant in the city of Charqueadas. It should have capacity for assembling 20 topside modules at once.
The 3,485-metre well, with a production capacity of 2,500 barrels per day, has been drilled at the Solimões river basin, where the company has a 100% stake in exploration and production rights.
Sudanese foreign minister Ali Ahmed Karti met with the state’s governor and the vice-president of the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais. Topics included closer economic ties.

