The increase took place over an eight-year period. During the period, annual consumption in Brazil has gone from 113 to 125 kilograms per person. The information was supplied by the IBGE.
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The city of Uberaba, in Minas Gerais, should receive an ammonia production unit and a gas pipeline turned to the enterprise. The works should begin in February next year.
The Foreign Trade Chamber has extended the tax exemption on the product’s imports to trading companies. In the past, only textile industries were eligible.
The funds are destined for urban development and housing programs in the metropolitan region of the state capital. The forecast is that 2 million people should benefit.
Brazilian sector exports totalled US$ 106.7 million in February, while imports reached US$ 502.4 million, according to the Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association.
Survey shows a surplus of commercial facilities for rent in the emirate. Prices are expected to drop further in the region due to political unrest.
Average daily revenues from shipments grew by 35% compared with March last year. In the first two weeks of the month, a US$ 841 million surplus was recorded.
At a forum organized by the Al Jazeera Channel in Qatar, former Brazilian president called for rotating leaders and claimed that ‘the people, not the rulers, are the driving force of transformation.’
The Arab country plans on putting four new electric power plants into operation between July and August this year.
According to a study disclosed by the Brazilian Franchising Association, the sector expects growth of 32.7% in the first quarter of this year as against the same period in 2010.
The former Brazilian president should be one of the main speakers at a forum promoted by the television channel from Doha, Qatar. The theme is ‘The Arab world in transition: Has the future arrived?’.
Revenues reached US$ 606 million last month. Sales totalled 2.664 million bags.
Saudi prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is the top billionaire in the Middle East, according to the Forbes list. The list also includes the Saudi Mohammed Al Amoudi and the Kuwaiti Nasser Al-Kharafi.
Conab projections for the 2010/2011 crop point towards record production of 154.2 million tonnes of grain in Brazil.
