The Arab countries in the region expanded their imports from Brazil by 6% from January to September this year. Brazil is performing well in sales of sugar, supplied to the continent.
Author: Isaura Daniel
The Brazilian company is going to supply 3.3 million tonnes of direct reduction pellets per year to the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. The two companies have been in business together since 1982.
According to the United Nations ranking, Kuwait, Qatar and the Emirates are in the group of countries with a ‘very high’ Human Development Index. The Emirates rose two points in the classification.
The 2nd Conference of Brazilian Communities Abroad should bring together, from the 14th to the 16th of October, academics and politicians from countries where Brazilians live. Lebanon is represented.
The factory already sells to three Arab countries – Jordan, Syria and Bahrain – and is negotiating with the Emirates. The strategy for coming seasons should be winning the Arab market.
The state of Paraíba should get a specialization on the semiarid starting in 2010. The course should help primary teachers take into consideration the local reality while teaching.
The state of Paraíba should have a course on the semiarid starting in 2010. The classes will help elementary school teachers to take the local reality into consideration when teaching.
Factories in the Juruaia lingerie production hub made contact with an importer from the Emirates, at a fair in France, last year, and are now negotiating sales to the Arab market.
Both countries are among the five nations that import higher value-added shoes from Brazil. The average price of shoes bought by Oman was US$ 75.93 in August. To Qatar, the price was US$ 64.96.
FertBrasil, a network formed by Embrapa, institutes and companies aiming at reducing the Brazilian dependence on imports should start operating in 2010. The goal is to develop new technologies.
A pipeline for ethanol, scheduled to start operating in 2012, should lower the product’s cost by around 25%. The project was created by company Uniduto, comprised of ten groups in the industry.
Social, cultural and digital inclusion project Casa Brasil, in the outskirts of Guarulhos, will dedicate, starting today, a week to the Arab country. There will be debates, dancing and film screening.
Emílio da Silva Museum, from Jaraguá do Sul, is promoting, starting today, a talk about Ancient Egypt. It brings replicas of items of the time of the pharaohs, like statues and mummies.
The company provides credit recovery and financial information services in Brazil and abroad. It operates through the TCM network, which has agents in 155 countries, including nine Arab nations.

