The reopening of Mário de Andrade Municipal Library should take place on the anniversary of São Paulo, on the 25th. To celebrate, a series of talks about immigrants, among them Arabs, will take place.
Author: From the Newsroom
The multisector fair will run from February 2nd to 9th in the Sudanese capital. Companies Brasil Foods, Grendene and Kepler Weber will attend, plus the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the foreign office.
Global energy market will be discussed at summit organized by the International Energy Agency, the International Energy Forum and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Copersucar, the top Brazilian sugar and ethanol exporter, and the Dubai-based Jamal Al-Ghurair Group, which owns the world’s largest sugar refinery, establish a maritime freight.
The number of passengers on international flights to the country reached 7.8 million last year. Passengers on domestic flights totalled 67.6 million.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Kuwait and Jordan ranked among the leading targets for raw and processed bovine meat from Brazil last year.
Featuring 169 exhibitors, the business salon at Fashion Rio, held January 10th to 13th, recorded a 16% increase in sales compared with last year.
In the fourth quarter alone, 92 aircraft were delivered. The firm order backlog ended the year at US$ 15.6 billion.
The destination management company, which is part of the Dubai-based Emirates Group, announced that it has appointed the Brazil Experts Bureau as its representative in South America.
In the second week of the month, exports from Brazil reached US$ 3.883 billion and imports totalled US$ 3.387 billion.
The footwear and fashion accessories fair, due to begin on Monday in São Paulo, is expecting to receive 70,000 visitors from Brazil and abroad. Exhibitors account for 90% of the industry’s output.
Music and dance teacher Marcia Dib will give a lecture and a course this month on the characteristics of Arab music, in São Paulo. The events will be open to the public.
This is the forecast for the average growth of the economies of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. Next year, the estimate is for 4.4%, according to the Global Economic Prospects report.
The figure was 9% higher in 2010 than in the previous year. Exports totalled US$ 1.4 billion, and imports reached US$ 4.9 billion.
