The owner of Açúcar Guarani will establish Tereos in São Paulo. Aside from Guarani’s assets, it will own operations in grain in Europe and sugarcane in the Indian Ocean, with US$ 2.5 bn in revenues.
Author: Isaura Daniel
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.
Agriculture minister will propose the adoption of environmental requirements for food imports. To him, it is unfair that the country should quit producing due to restrictions and buy from deforesters.
On the National Day of the Arab Community, the Arab Brazilian Chamber’s president, Salim Schahin, highlighted the work of president Lula both in Brazil and Abroad. Lula was honoured by the Chamber.
Arab immigration to Brazil began in the late 19th century. And it brought with it a new way of doing trade. Discounts, rapid product flow, instalments… Arabs were travelling the country.
The mission to Iran, Lebanon and Egypt that the Ministry of Development will promote in April aims to diversify the basket of products and increase the number of companies that sell to the region.
Representatives from the Arab country came to Brazil to have a close look at the Sicobe, an anti-evasion system of the Federal Revenue. They visited the AmBev plant, which has the equipment installed.
President Lula will be honoured at a dinner in São Paulo, on the National Day of the Arab Community: March 25th. He was the first head of state, after Emperor Pedro II, to visit the region.
Djazagro, a food, machinery and packaging sector fair, should take place in Algeria in April. The country is the main food importer in Africa. Enrolment is open at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Brazil had revenues of US$ 484 million with sales to the Arabs in February, 45% more than in the same period in 2009. Sugar was mainly responsible. Export as a whole grew 27%.
Brazil should be theme of talk at Med Log, a conference in the logistics area to take place in Tangier, in April. The country was chosen as the focus of the meeting is food exports.
The Beautycare Brazil program, for sector export incentive, has elected Saudi Arabia a target market for 2010 and 2011. Businessmen in the project should travel to the country.
The institution has had a new director for two months. Ahmad Serieh, born in Damascus, graduated in History and worked with archaeological excavations some years before coming to Brazil.
Investment in construction in Brazil totalled US$ 328 billion in 2009, according to figures disclosed by ITCnet, a research company. Most of the funds – US$ 162 billion – went to industrial works.
The slaughterhouse had 25.6% of its raw beef export revenues connected to the region last year. In 2008, the percentage was 19.2%. It was the part of the world that bought most beef from the company.
