Exports totalled US$ 13 billion, imports stood at US$ 12 billion and bilateral trade was US$ 25 billion. All of the figures are the highest ever recorded for the month of January. The trade surplus, however, had a significant reduction.
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
Aptha and Hix, small companies that specialise in technological solutions turned to the logistics market and to management intelligence projects, are seeking business opportunities in the Middle East.
The Dan Fodio Holding is seeking suppliers of agricultural equipment, especially for sugarcane planting and harvesting. The Kuwaiti Sudanese Holding Company wants to form partnerships for investing in the Arab country. The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, met yesterday with representatives of both groups.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Data disclosed today (28th) by the Brazilian Central Bank have confirmed the estimate that 2007 would be the best year in the history of Brazilian tourism in terms of expenditures by tourists who visited the country. As the inflow totalled US$ 469 million in December, revenues from tourism last
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Brazil stood at US$ 886 million last December, having totalled US$ 34.616 billion in 2007. FDI reached US$ 2.487 billion in December 2006, and US$ 18.782 billion in the whole of 2006. The data were disclosed today (28th) by the Brazilian Central Bank. The annual FDI
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Foreign sales of Brazilian products totalled US$ 3.284 billion last week, at a daily average value of US$ 656.8 million, whereas national purchases of foreign products stood at US$ 2.932 billion, at a daily average of US$ 586.4 million. The balance of trade ran a surplus of US$ 352 million between
Established in 2005, belly dance school Zahra Studio de Dança do Ventre became a space for Arab culture in the Brazilian capital Brasília. Besides the 500 students who seek the school to learn one of the oldest forms of dancing known to mankind, the Studio offers Arabic language lessons and organises trips to Egypt.
In addition to the participation of public organisations in trade events, the Brazilian president Lula should go to the region once again this year. In the first half of the year, the minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, wants to visit the Middle East and North Africa. The information were supplied by the secretary of Foreign Relations in Agribusiness, Célio Porto, who should travel to Dubai and Saudi Arabia in February.
Established in 2005, belly dance school Zahra Studio de Dança do Ventre became a space for Arab culture in the Brazilian capital Brasília. Besides the 500 students who seek the school to learn one of the oldest forms of dancing known to mankind, the Studio offers Arabic language lessons and organises trips to Egypt.
The document contains detailed information about 5,004 companies operating in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná – of which 1,300 are exporters and 1,000 are importers –, and will be available to interested parties in Brazil and abroad also on the internet, in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil exported 3.3 million tonnes of chicken last year, an increase of 21% compared with 2006. Export revenues totalled US$ 5 billion, a growth of 55%. The results were record highs for the sector. The information were disclosed today (22nd) by the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef). The Middle
For the first time, the sector sold more than 1 billion litres in a single year. Revenues totalled 4.7 billion reals (US$ 2.6 billion). The civil construction boom, the record-high vehicle production and the growth of Brazilian industry as a whole contributed to boost paint sales.
Contracts signed by the Brazilian company total US$ 6.9 billion and involve twenty-two A350 XWBs, four A330-200s and twenty A320s. Presently, the company owns a fleet of 109 aircraft and flies to 47 domestic destinations and 11 foreign.
