From January to July, sales of the Brazilian product grew by 74% over the same period last year. The Confederation of Hides and Skins Industries expects to end the year with US$ 1.7 bn in exports.
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Retail sales in countries in the region and in Africa totalled US$ 2.4 billion last year, representing growth of 8% over 2008. The data were supplied by consultancy Euromonitor.
Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Culture minister, was named chairperson of the World Heritage Committee yesterday. The organization’s last meeting was held in the Brazilian capital Brasília.
The hotel chain from Dubai should manage Jumeirah Gamsha Bay Resort, a five-star enterprise in Palm Gamsha, on the Red Sea.
A survey conducted by the Airports Council International shows that the São Paulo International Airport was among those with the highest increase in passenger flow during the first half.
The Brazil-Arab News Agency received 1,000,138 visits in July, a figure 19.4% higher than in June and the highest in the agency’s history. Visitation this year has surpassed 5 million.
Bloc’s heads of state should discuss issues such as ending the double collection of the common external tariff, the free trade agreement with Egypt and the granting of tariff preferences to Haiti.
The Brazilian government was contacted by representatives of the Arab country to discuss the matter. ‘Roads of Arabia’ features 350 archaeological items and is now on display at the Louvre Museum.
US$ 10 billion project will be built in Yanbu, on the Saudi Red Sea coast. Seven companies were hired, of which three are based in the Arab country itself and four are foreign.
São Paulo – The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations informed today (26th) that the country’s government has donated US$ 300,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The funds will be allocated to humanitarian aid actions at camps in Tindouf, Algeria, according to the Brazilian foreign ministry (Itamaraty). According to the ministry, the funds
Last Saturday, the Council of Brazilian Citizens to Beirut hosted the inaugural meeting of Grupo Alecrim, whose objective is to encourage Brazilian customs among children living abroad.
The company announced today that hydrocarbons have been found in the Aptian section of the OGX-15 well, in shallow waters at the Campos Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
The text provides for US$ 14 million to be transferred for the territory’s reconstruction. The Brazilian president was visited by the former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaat.
According to a survey by consultancy firm Euromonitor International, sales will rise by 16% in the Middle East And Africa from 2009 to 2014. Last year, sales in the region totalled US$ 6.6 billion.
