The northern Brazilian state exported US$ 2.7 million in live cattle to Lebanon in the month of July. Shipments totalled almost 3,000 animals through Mungubá and Belém ports.
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 promotes today (21), in São Paulo, a seminar about the Dubai Business Centre, a space that serves as a base to Brazilian companies in the region.
Representatives of both regions meet in Recife, starting today, to discuss desertification, the semiarid and water resources. The meeting is preparatory for a ministerial meeting on the matter.
Businessmen from the city of Natal and Arab partners are going to build the Brazilian Town, a complex in which national companies will be able to install branches with free zone advantages.
Morocco and Egypt were responsible for the imports, in July. Sales generated revenues of US$ 13.5 million for Brazil, which has been expanding its exports of the commodity.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber stand in the Damascus International Fair is being sought by Syrian importers. They want to buy products ranging from coffee to soy and maize from Brazil.
The Chamber will participate, starting today, in the Damascus International Fair, and will promote a trade mission to the country, next week, turned to the machinery and electronic device sectors.
A state government project is aimed at increasing foreign sales by lime producers in Jaíba, who plant in irrigated areas. The United Arab Emirates is among the markets targeted.
The country is investing in the area and also in agriculture. Brazilian enterprises may partner with the country in these sectors, according to the Libyan ambassador to Brasília, Salem Omar Ezubedi.
During his stay in São Paulo, the minister of Industry and Trade of Egypt, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, praised the part played by Brazil and said that he believes in the return to Doha Round talks.
The country made a series of reforms to attract foreign industries. The measures adopted were the theme of a seminar in São Paulo, yesterday, with the presence of Brazilian and Egyptian businessmen.
Products from 21 countries, including Arab nations like Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia and the Emirates, are being exhibited at Brazil Shows Brazil fair, in Rio Grande do Norte.
Mining company Vale do Rio Doce is going to invest US$ 59 billion to expand production until 2012. The enterprise expects strong demand from regions such as China, the Middle East and Brazil.
According to executives at company Gerdau, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America are going to drive an expansion in global steel demand, which should rise 7% this year.
