On weekends, Expresso Turístico leaves São Paulo carrying tourists to Jundiaí, Paranapiacaba and Mogi. There, tour options include visits to farms that grow fruit and make delicacies.
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Isaura Daniel
A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance, she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes.
Despite small when compared to the volume of Brazilian leather exports, sales of the product to the Arab world grew 24% up to October. Shipments to the region totalled 451 tonnes.
The dress maker plans to open an exclusive point of sale in the Emirates in future. The idea is to consolidate presence there. The company already exports to eight Arab nations.
The region went from a 3.2% share from January to September 2010 to 4% during the same period this year. Overall, the company’s export revenues went up by 10.6%, to US$ 86.7 million.
Foreign sales of the grain should total 1.2 million tonnes in this crop due to the lower production and higher global offer. In the last crop, 2.5 million tonnes were exported.
A safari named Macuco allows tourists to get splashed by the waters of Iguaçu falls, in Iguaçu National Park, Paraná. Some seek adrenaline there, others a blessing.
The company, headquartered in Brasília, produces wooden modulated decks and is setting the details for a partnership in the Emirates to sell to the country.
Sector sales to the Arab market grew 35% in the accumulated result for this year, up to September, as against the same period in 2010. Shipments generated US$ 5.3 million.
In the third quarter of this year, the region generated 2.1% of the Brazilian company’s operating revenues, or US$ 342 million. A pelleting plant in Oman has reached its full capacity.
Heads of the Trade Promotion departments at the Brazilian embassies in the Middle East should meet next week, in Doha, to discuss means to strengthen trade in the region.
Country imported 247,000 tonnes of cement from Arab countries up until September. The volume is 12 times larger than in the same period of last year, but represents only 0.5% of national consumption.
The cooperative based in Cruz Alta, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, has shipped 1,000 tonnes of the product to the Arab country and is seeking new markets in the region.
The trip to be promoted by the Apex to the Emirates and Saudi in February will focus on expanding sales of foods, beverages and building material, areas in which Brazil is strong. Enrolment is open.
Crops are expanding in the interior of São Paulo state, according to a state government study. Production should generate US$ 251 million in the region this year, 94% growth.
