Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 522.2 million in the first four months, as against US$ 469 million in the same period of last year. The volume shipped increased by 20.8%.
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Tourists who buy tickets to Dubai from the airline may apply for the visa to enter the United Arab Emirates online at the company’s Website.
The company signed an agreement with Modern Mining Holding Company Limited for the construction of a calcinated petroleum coke plant in the Arab country. Investment should be US$ 450 million.
Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 160 million this month, representing growth of 97% compared with the same period of last year. In the last four-month period, exports totalled US$ 555.9 million.
Works pertaining to government growth acceleration and housing programs and to the elections should boost paint and varnish sales in Brazil in 2010, according to the Sitivesp.
In June, the Brazilian government will promote an international youth conference on environment. Adolescents from 52 countries will attend, including Qatar, Egypt, Yemen and Palestine.
The agency will inaugurate an unit in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, to promote investment and trade. The Apex already has five other centres, one of them in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) should sell its first bonds to a foreign sovereign fund soon. The Middle East is interested.
The country ranks 7th in the list of international event hosts. There was growth of 15.4% in 2009 compared with 2008. The data were supplied by the International Congress and Convention Association.
Exports of Brazilian agricultural products to the Middle East generated US$ 505 million in revenues in April. The figure was equivalent to 8.6% of the industry’s revenues from foreign sales.
Ministers of Agriculture of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in the Brazilian capital Brasília providing for exchange in research and training to scientists, among other actions.
Algerian, Egyptian and Sudanese medical-hospital sector importers are among the 23 international buyers invited by the Abimo to take part in the fair’s business roundtables.
This is the forecast for deals that should be closed in the next 12 months by Brazilian trading companies that participated in an event organized by the Export Promotion Agency (Apex) in the emirate.
The figure recorded last year was 4.9% lower than in 2008. The crisis led to a reduction in visits by foreigners, especially from Europe, which is the main origin of tourists that come to Brazil.
