From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Retail trade grew 11% in Brazil in the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year. The figures were taken from the Serasa Trade Activity Indicator. Specialised retail for products such as electric and electronic devices, vehicles and construction material recorded a 12.5% expansion
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Retail trade grew 11% in Brazil in the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year. The figures were taken from the Serasa Trade Activity Indicator. Specialised retail for products such as electric and electronic devices, vehicles and construction material recorded a 12.5% expansion
From the Newsroom* Brasília – In the first week of April, exports from Brazil totalled US$ 2.634 billion and imports stood at US$ 1.792 billion, resulting in a surplus of US$ 842 million. The information was supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. The result recorded in the first week of
The items, designed and manufactured one by one by Tatiana Góes, in the city of Porto Alegre (capital of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul), are exported to the United States, France, Argentina and Spain. Now, the designer wants to attract the eyes of Arab women to her creations.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Mercedes-Benz Brazil sold 839 heavy lorries in the month of March, a monthly record high that surpassed the sales volume recorded in October last year, when 828 units were commercialised. Accumulated sales from January to March this year totalled more than 2,400 units, representing a 60% growth over the
The business delegation from Minas Gerais, headed by the deputy governor of the state, Antonio Anastásia, and the president at the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais, Robson Braga de Andrade, is going to participate in meetings with entrepreneurs and government officials in Egypt. The mission is coming from Dubai and should remain in the country until Tuesday.
The business mission from the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, currently in the United Arab Emirates, visited company Masdar, in charge of the project for the green city under construction in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, yesterday. The vice-governor of Minas Gerais, Antonio Anastásia, told ANBA that he wants to take the experience to students in the state.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The growth of imports at a higher rate than exports in Brazil is mostly due to purchases of machinery and equipment – which indicates that industries are benefiting from the value of the dollar, currently worth approximately 1.70 Brazilian real, to expand their production capacity. The assessment was made yesterday (1st)
The information was supplied by the president at the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais, Robson Braga de Andrade, who heads, alongside the state vice-governor, Antonio Anastásia, a mission from the southeastern Brazilian state to the Arab world. The idea is for the office to help Minas Gerais do more business in the region. The delegation from the state to the Emirates is going to Egypt too.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian airline TAM ended last year with a 10% increase in gross revenues, which totalled 8.5 billion reals (US$ 4.8 billion). In the year before last, the company posted revenues of 7.7 billion reals (US$ 4.4 billion). Performance last year was boosted by the expansion in international passenger and cargo.
The Lebanese Imad Shehab is going to replace Elias Ghantous, who turned 70 years of age and is going to retire. Shehab has already been the secretary general at the Association of Banks in Lebanon. The new official was introduced during a meeting in Greece last Friday.
