Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
The level of employment in the sector grew by 4,4% in the first half of this year. The greater number of job positions was due to consumption of products such as cement, which increased 6.75% in the first six months of this year compared with the same period of last year.
The level of employment in the sector grew by 4,4% in the first half of this year. The greater number of job positions was due to consumption of products such as cement, which increased 6.75% in the first six months of this year compared with the same period of last year.
The Tunisian businessman Hassen Sassi closed his first deal with the country last week. He placed an order for two containers of products from OEM, a trading company that works in the field. The contact was made after the Arab Brazilian Chamber supplied him with a list of potential exporters.
Exports of agriculture and cattle raising products from Brazil to the Arab world reached US$ 2.5 billion between January and July this year, a value 20.8% greater than recorded in the same months of last year. Items such as dairy products, tobacco, coffee, cereals, fruits, and meats are among those whose sales to the region grew the most during the period.
The diplomat Ligia Maria Scherer should assume the Brazilian representative office in Ramallah in the month of October. Last Friday, she paid a visit to the Arab Brazilian Chamber headquarters. Ligia is currently the minister counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Brazil to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The value corresponds to the month of July, when foreign sales of the product recorded a 106% increase over the same month of last year. A total of 284,00 tonnes were shipped, 53% more than in the same period of 2006. The main buyer was the Middle East.
The 1st Brazilian National Conference on Fighting Desertification, which started yesterday and will continue until tomorrow, in the northeastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza, is going to study ways of combating the degradation of arid, semiarid, and subhumid regions. The process affects regions inhabited by 44 million people in Brazil.
Agência Sebrae* Brasília – Brazilian honey exports continue to grow in the accumulated result for the year. Despite the maintenance of the European embargo on Brazilian honey and the slowdown in exports during the months of June and July, there has been a slight increase in export value in the first seven months of this
Sardines, sugar, coffee, meats, and canned foods were the main products cited by the director-general at the department of food purchases of the Syrian government, Mohsen Abdel Al Karim, who met the director at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Sami Roumieh, yesterday in Damascus, capital of the country.
The participants in the business trip to Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, carried out between late May and early July this year, believe that it has set new standards of quality in organisation and professionalism. They met yesterday, at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, to make a balance of the negotiations made so far.
The coastal city of Antonina will receive funds to cater to tourists on cruises along the Brazilian coastline. The money will be spent on improving the local infrastructure. The municipality already has a cargo terminal.
Representatives of the companies that participated in the business trip to Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt are going to meet at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce to discuss the progress of the contacts made. The goal is to have a follow-up and expand upon the work initiated during the mission, which took place between late May and early June.
The Syrian-Lebanese Hospital will allocate the funds to equipment, infrastructure, and services. New features include the Centre for Health Follow-Up and Check-Up, which will have examination rooms, medical offices, and specialists. The institution will also have a new 20-storey building.
