Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Exports by the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais have already surpassed by more than US$ 1 billion, in an eleven-month period, the total for last year. The accumulated result of exports from January to November this year has reached US$ 16.8 billion, against US$ 15.6 billion in the
A group comprised of 11 Brazilian companies is going to participate in the Expo Riva Middle East, a trade fair for the shoe sector to be held in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. This is going to be the first time that Brazilian shoe companies participate in a fair in the Arab country by means of the Brazilian Footwear programme for encouraging exports.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Iron and Steel Sector Association (IBS) estimates that steel production this year should total 34 million tonnes, which should correspond to an increase of 9.9% compared with last year. According to the organisation, the sector had a year of record-highs in production, in domestic sales and apparent
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian leather exports totalled US$ 1.99 billion from January to November, representing a 18.3% increase over the same period of last year, according to data supplied by the Confederation of Brazilian Hides and Skins Industries (CICB). According to the president at the organisation, Luiz Bittencourt, in a press release
Agência CNI* Curitiba – Revenues posted by the industry in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná grew 9.21% in October in comparison with September. From January until October, the growth rate was 11.22% compared with the same period of 2006. The data were culled from the Conjuncture Indicators survey, disclosed today (3rd) by the Federation
The company based in the southeastern Brazilian state of Paraná has been present in the Arab country since 2004. So far, the company has supplied post-tensioning services to 450,000 square metres in the Emirates. By the end of next year, Engeprot will have executed one million square metres, according to its director, the Brazilian Omar Khaled Hamaoui.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade (exports minus imports) was positive in the last week of November, from the 26th to the 30th, at a US$ 459 million surplus. Exports reached US$ 3.633 billion and imports, US$ 3.174 billion. The data were disclosed today (3rd) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry
The number of natural people investing in the São Paulo Stock Exchange was 9.7% in 1994, and reached 23.1% this year. A total of 310,625 individuals have invested 84.6 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 47.6 billion). The majority of these people are from the southeastern Brazilian states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
The volume of deals closed during the Big 5 Show was US$ 28 million, with another US$ 24 million expected for the next 12 months, according to the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency, which organised the Brazilian participation in the exhibition along with the Arab Brazilian Chamber. Both the fair and the construction sector trade mission to the Gulf ended yesterday.
Tomorrow is the deadline for enrolling at the Cultural Exchange and Diffusion Programme of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, which aims at providing financial coverage of transport expenses by artists, technicians and scholars invited to participate in cultural events abroad. Over 600 people have already benefited from this year by the project, which funded trips to more than 30 different destinations, including Morocco.
