Revenue from the industry in February also posted a decline compared to the same period a year earlier, ABIMAQ reported. Benchmark interest rate is still high, the industry says.
Author: Marcos Carrieri
Marcos Carrieri
A journalist with stints in daily newspapers and press offices, he holds a master’s degree from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in business communications from the Methodist University of São Paulo.
Gulf country has diversified its economy away from oil and opened more and more opportunities for young female leaders. Women’s business mission will explore opportunities.
After years of study and research, engineer Adair Gallo Jr. established Terraxy together with his Indian professor Himanshu Mishra. Company has developed innovations that help the desertic soil retain water and nutrients for agriculture.
The Immigration Museum in São Paulo will have a program with Arab food tasting, a chat about the Arab press in Brazil, and a visit to its reserve collection featuring rare journals and magazines.
Espírito Santo-headquartered Peterfrut found in Egypt the supplier of frozen strawberries to sell in Brazil. Business has grown,with potato imports and a potential export operation in the Arab country.
The commodity’s prices have declined due to a lower demand from China. Brazil’s trade balance could be impacted, and Arabs could import more.
A sustainable alternative fuel to kerosene already exists and will have an increasing participation in the industry, but high costs are a major obstacle for its use.
Following visits to Goiânia and Brasília, members of the Arab delegation say that the attention to halal food production and sanitary hygiene further strengthens Brazil’s standing as a food supplier.
Goiás’ governor held a dinner for the delegation of diplomats at the official seat of the state government and told ANBA that the state and Arab countries could expand trade. The region is already a major buyer from Goiás.
Acieg presented ambassadors from Arab countries with the opportunity for importers and exporters to participate in August’s Ficomex trade show.
Diplomats were at a 100-percent halal production plant in Goiânia, Brazil. The dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil believes the company could establish more plants in Arab countries.
Following his visit to the city, Maen Masadeh says that further progress is possible in areas such as tourism, energy, culture and education.
Event in Não-Me-Toque, Rio Grande do Sul state, gathers agribusiness enterprises, exhibitors, and international buyers.
Karola Braga participates in Desert X in AIUla, Saudi Arabia, with an installation that evokes the memory and scents of the incense trade route. Festival co-curator Marcello Dantas is from Brazil, too.
