The sector industry had revenues of US$ 23.6 million with sales of soy oil to three Arab countries in June. Expansion over the same month in 2007 was 470%.
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.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce has placed at the disposal of Brazilian businessmen, on its site, a study with a series of clues about how to be more successful in trade with the Arabs.
The Al-Jazira club made a bid for midfielder Guiñazu, who plays for Internacional. He is Argentine, but has played for the Brazilian team since last year. The Arabs offered US$ 4.5 million for him.
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro will have, in its Business Incubator, a programme turned to oil and gas technology. Enterprises in the area will receive support to start operating.
The state of Minas Gerais had revenues of US$ 507.7 million with sales to the Arab market in the first half of this year. Among the main causes for the growth of exports are sales of ores.
Embrapa wants to supply technology to crops in Libya using water from artificial rivers. The project is called The Great Man-Made River and should receive investment of US$ 20 billion.
The statement was made by the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Salaheddine Al-Bashir. The king of the Arab country, Abdullah II, will come to Brazil in October with a delegation for business prospecting.
The Brazilian industry in the sector had revenues of US$ 15.5 million with exports to the Arab world in the first half of this year. Shipments totalled 1.5 million pairs.
The views of the late Palestinian scholar Edward Said are one of the themes of the meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science, to be held until Friday in Campinas.
The keffiye, a traditional Palestinian kerchief, has become fashionable in Brazil and worldwide. Customized, it featured in European collections last winter, and now is in Brazilian shop windows.
Exports of the product to the region totalled US$ 8.7 million in the first half of the year. Among the fruit sold are chestnuts, apples and limes.
Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia have been defined as focuses for the export program of cooling, air conditioning, ventilation and heating industries of Brazil.
Sudanese public and private sector representatives visited units of Embrapa in late June. They became interested in receiving training in agriculture-livestock integration systems.
The trade show will be held from August 15th to 22nd, in Syria, and will have a stand organised by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, which is accepting submissions from Brazilian companies.
