Sales of the Brazilian subsidiary of the French company rose 26% last year. In all, production has totalled 93,500 vehicles, being 20,000 exported. The company has a 5% share of the Brazilian market and started producing cars in the country in 2001.
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Radwan Raad, who has been based in the city of Curitiba for around six years, is working on propagating art made in the Arab countries among the Brazilians. From Syria and Lebanon he brings from towels to items made out of marquetry and wall carpets. Raad has a shop in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná and is participating in Artnor, a handicraft fair that continues up to Sunday, in Maceió, capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas.
Radwan Raad, who has been based in the city of Curitiba for around six years, is working on propagating art made in the Arab countries among the Brazilians. From Syria and Lebanon he brings from towels to items made out of marquetry and wall carpets. Raad has a shop in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná and is participating in Artnor, a handicraft fair that continues up to Sunday, in Maceió, capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber will, for the first time, have a stand at Khartoum International Fair, to take place in February. Businessmen from Brazil will be able to use the space. Due to oil, the economy of the African country has been growing at an accelerated rate and there is demand for a broad range of products.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports broke a new record and reached US$ 43.6 billion last year. The value represented an increase of 11.8%, or US$ 4.5 billion over those of 2004, when sector foreign trade revenues totalled US$ 39 billion. The trade balance surplus reached US$ 38.4 billion, 12.6% over the
The southeastern Brazilian state has three flower and ornamental plant production hubs. Apart from being the greatest domestic consumer and producer, São Paulo is also the largest Brazilian exporter. The United States are the main foreign buyers of flowers produced in São Paulo.
The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil wants the private sector to send suggestions of products that may benefit from the free trade agreement between both economic blocs. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is going to help in this work.
According to a study disclosed yesterday by the National Food Supply Company (Conab), the Brazilian 2005/2006 harvest should reach 436.8 million tons, 5.1% more than in 2004/2005. With a yearly deficit of 5 million tons on the international sugar market, the forecast is that more records should be broken in coming years.
Bilateral trade grew 28.3% last year. Imports rose 28% and exports 29%. Brazil imported US$ 5.3 billion in Arab products and had revenues of US$ 5.2 billion with sales to the region. The result exceeded expectations by the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
The first session took place last week, at the offices of the League of Arab States, in Cairo. The organization includes 88 representatives from the 22 nations in the region and is going to operate provisionally for a period of five years so as to create the bases for a definitive institution. The objective is, in the future, to have an organization similar to the European Parliament.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, has announced his forecast for Brazilian exports in 2006: US$132 billion, which will be an 11% increase over 2005 (US$118.3 billion). Commenting on the fact that his forecast is the highest among various forecasts by market analysts, Furlan said "It
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has officially instituted 2006 as Tourism Year. The goal is to bring more foreigners to Brazil and increase domestic tourism. This year will also be Santos Dumont Year in Brazil in honour of the aviation pioneer who made the first public flight in a
