The country now participates in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s agreement, which forecasts responsible fishery in high seas.
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The new aircraft are going to increase the company’s passenger transport capacity by 14%. The group’s president recognizes, however, that 2009 should not be an easy year in the oil sector.
Gilberto Kassab met yesterday, in Beirut, with Michel Suleiman and Fouad Siniora. He also visited the offices of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries.
Sector revenues totalled 2 billion in 2008, with growth of 10% over the previous year. The per capita consumption of pasta in Brazil is 6.4 kilograms a year.
The meeting, promoted by Ethos Institute, in São Paulo, should discuss the transformation necessary to build a fairer and more sustainable global economy.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is researching the cultivation of pears and apples in the northeastern Brazilian drylands. Cultivation should reach 30,000 hectares this year.
Libya has US$ 50.5 bn invested abroad, including investment, deposits in bank accounts and stock market and fund investment. This information was disclosed by the country’s foreign investment agency.
Producers from the state of Minas Gerais are going to harvest 7,000 tonnes of castor seeds for use at a Petrobras biodiesel mill. The project guarantees additional income to agricultural producers.
The factory, to be the first in South America to produce insulin crystals, should reduce the dependence on imports and make exports possible. Investment may reach US$ 85 million.
The Brazilian female shoe brand should receive the Business Award Franchise 2009, in France, in March. It is recognition for the brand’s expansion and originality of its shops.
Last year, eight Arab nations purchased, for the first time, from agricultural cooperatives in Paraná. In 2008, sector foreign sales to 114 nations reached almost US$ 1.5 billion.
Rio de Janeiro should have a centre of excellence in the Schlumberger network, which has 13 points worldwide, one in Saudi Arabia. Petrobras is negotiating credit of US$ 10 bn with China.
Establishment of the organisation is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed on Thursday by Development minister Miguel Jorge and the deputy prime minister of Libya, Imbarek Ashamikh.
This was the trade balance result of the textile sector in January 2009. Imports reached US$ 66.9 million in textile products, against US$ 19.8 million exported.
