The country almost tripled imports of liquefied natural gas from Qatar from January to August this year. However, the country did not buy from Nigeria.
Author: Isaura Daniel
The price of commodities, which dropped in September, should return to prior levels. Sugar had one of the highest drops and is among the products most sold by Brazil to the Arabs.
A group of university graduates established BR África aimed at developing agribusiness projects on the continent. It already has operations in the Congo and Angola.
Artists from Lebanon, Morocco and Kuwait will participate in the 17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil starting on Friday. They will present videos, installations and pictures.
The writer from Rio de Janeiro is one of the stars of the new crop of Brazilian authors, and will have one of his books, ‘The Enigma of Qaf’, translated into Arabic and published in Egypt.
Exports of the commodity reached US$ 121 million up to August. Shipments totalled 168,300 tonnes and the main buyer was Saudi Arabia.
Businessman Lourenço Chohfi was honoured by the organisations, which he presided, in São Paulo, on Wednesday, for the work he has done and the example he has given to the community.
The group is going to sell the logistics arm of Keystone Foods, a company it acquired last year, to the US-based Martin-Brower. The deal involves operations in the Middle East.
Campo Verde, based in Jarinu, São Paulo, does selection of the Dorper and White Dorper breeds and plans to enter the slaughtering industry in the future. Saudi importers have contacted the company.
Brazilian cotton exports generated US$ 10.8 million in the period from January to August. Morocco was the main buyer in the region.
Brazilian imports of fertilizers grew 45% this year and reached 12.8 million tonnes. The cultivation of the second crop and higher commodity prices favour purchases.
Chemtech, in Siemens group, offers process optimisation for the oil and gas industry and has an employee in Abu Dhabi. By September next year, the team should exceed 20 people.
Representatives of 12 African countries will take a course at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio. The aim is to establish closer ties between African and Brazilian diplomacy. Sudan will participate.
Company Enalta, from São Paulo, produces equipment for control of sugarcane cutting on Case IH cutters, used in the African country. The equipment optimizes crops.

