The country climbed four positions in the World Economic Forum’s Travel Competitiveness Report, and now ranks 45th among the 133 countries surveyed. In attractiveness, it is the 1st in South America.
Author: From the Newsroom
Companies in the sector that participated in the food sector fair in Dubai doubled their sales volume at the event when compared to the previous edition.
The United Nations and the Brazilian government will inaugurate, in April, three centres for recovery of CFC gases, which destroy the ozone layer.
Investors from aboard were the main players in the São Paulo Stock Exchange in February. Foreigners answered to 35.5% of the trading and bought more than they sold.
The country now participates in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s agreement, which forecasts responsible fishery in high seas.
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.
