The Brazilian National Service of Industrial Education will help train workers for the expansion of the canal. The work should cost US$ 5 billion, and 5,000 people should be trained. The organisation, linked to the National Confederation of Industries, has a tradition of international cooperation, including Arab countries.
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
Cooperatives in the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil, should post record high exports in 2007. Forecasts show that they should invest more than 1 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 530.3 million) this year. The sugar and alcohol sector is one of the highlights: it will invest 242% more than it did last year. The cooperatives should also invest more in logistics and storage.
Four representatives of the Kenana Sugar Company, the leading sugar industry in the Arab country, will be in Brazil from tomorrow onwards. They are interested in becoming more closely acquainted with the idiosyncrasies of the alcohol industry, such as the mixing of ethanol into gasoline, storage, and legal aspects.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil was chosen to host the 5th International Conference on Beneficiation of Phosphate, to be held from February 11th to 16th, 2008 in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The conference is organised by the Engineering Conferences Foundation. Brazil occupies the seventh position in the global ranking
The Brazilian Ministry of Development will promote the Foreign Trade Meetings next Tuesday at the headquarters of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo. The event is turned to micro and small companies. The businessmen will be informed about all of the steps in the export process, including potential markets. The Arab Brazilian Chamber will hold a panel on the Arab countries.
From the Newsroom*São Paulo – According to a survey conducted by the Datafolha institute, commissioned by advertising agency F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, 39% of Brazilians access the Internet. The percentage includes Web use at home, at work, at the house of relatives or friends, or in other places, such as educational institutions and cyber cafés.
Agência CNI* Porto Alegre – The Industrial Entrepreneur Confidence Index (ICEI-RS), measured by the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FIERGS), recorded 59 points in July, three points more than in the last survey, conducted in April this year. This result points to a higher growth rate for the industry
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will receive, from October this year until the end of next year, technicians and students from Arab countries. They will remain in the country for approximately 20 days, during which they will get to know more about the Brazilian economy and foreign trade. Interested parties should apply at Arab chambers of commerce.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will receive, from October this year until the end of next year, technicians and students from Arab countries. They will remain in the country for approximately 20 days, during which they will get to know more about the Brazilian economy and foreign trade. Interested parties should apply at Arab chambers of commerce.
The meat and dairy industry had revenues of 766.8 million Brazilian reais (US$ 402.4 million) from foreign sales in the second quarter of this year, an increase of 29% over the same months in 2006. The markets that grew the most were Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
