Brazil shipped in February 846,100 tonnes. In value, exports totalled US$ 661 million, 7.5% more than in January.
Author: From the Newsroom
Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 710 million in the first two months this year. Shipments totalled 538,000 tonnes, representing a 5% reduction compared with the same period of 2008.
Course Reflection for the Contemporary Arab World should take place in Curitiba between March 12th and 20th this month. It should cover current matters of the Arab world.
Representatives of the Ministry of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation are in Cairo this week to show financing mechanisms for programs, information systems and cooperation.
The importers should be among the 170,000 visitors at the 17th International Construction Industry Fair, to take place in São Paulo this month. The event should include 650 buyers from 21 countries.
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.
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.
