An agreement between the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency (Apex) and the Brazilian Contemporary Art Association will take Brazilian artists to international fairs. The project involves 37 galleries.
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Revenues of the Brazilian plastic industry increased by 35% in 2010 over the previous year. According to sector organization Abiplast, revenues reached US$ 25 billion.
Brazilian foreign minister will visit the country to discuss trade and politics in the Middle East and North Africa. He will meet with Egyptian ministers and the Arab League secretary general.
The country had revenues of 10.2 billion dirham, equivalent to US$ 1.3 bn, with foreign sales of phosphates up to March. There was growth of 55% over the same months in 2010.
Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecafé) claims that the result in April was the best of the last 12 months.
Report disclosed by the Eclac reveals that foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean reached US$ 112.6 billion in 2010. Brazil received the highest inflow of funds.
The average number of contracts per day in April at the Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange reached nearly 3.5 million. The São Paulo Stock Exchange, however, depreciated during the period.
The number of projects by foreign investors increased from 338 in 2003 to 633 last year, according to an Ernst & Young survey. The bulk of funds went to ten countries, five of which are Arab.
On May 3rd and 4th, the Qatari capital receives 170 civil society representatives from countries in all continents for the pre-forum of the Alliance of Civilizations.
Industrial complex received US$ 1.356 billion in investment and began producing last weekend. Testing was halted at the plant at one point due to the crisis in the region.
The 18th edition of Arabian Travel Market is due from May 2 to 5, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The event will feature over 2,000 exhibitors from the five continents.
The Mauritanian airline, with state-owned capital, had its inaugural flight last week. It will fly in Africa and also Europe.
Agrarian Development minister Afonso Florence will sign technical cooperation agreement with the Moroccan government this Saturday in Meknes. The aim is to help the country in family farming.
A total of 2,964 people sat the Portuguese proficiency test at testing centres in Brazil and abroad. Seven Arabs were among them.
