The shipping to the region generated US$ 1.48 billion in the first half, 15% more than in the first six months of 2004. In the same period, total sector exports grew by 10.2%. Cattle beef and chicken meat, sugar, coffee and soy oil are among the main products in the trade basket.
Author: Mark Ament
Agência Brasil Brasília – At a meeting yesterday (17) in New York (USA), representatives of Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan discussed proposals to reform the United Nations (UN) Security Council. Brazil was represented at the meeting by the Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim. The four countries comprise the G4, a group that is seeking
The largest shoe sector event in Brazil begins tomorrow. The Syrians represent great import companies, like Al Burak and Salha Group, each importing 50,000 pairs a month, none from Brazil. The CCAB is going to have a team at the fair so as to help in the business.
The Brazilian company wishes to expand their participation in the Arab market. Currently the company sells to some nations such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Last year, exports to the region represented 1.04% of the total export volume. Grendene is the greatest of the sector in the country, with installed production capacity of 176 million pairs of shoes.
Brazil shipped the equivalent to US$ 23.4 million in replacement parts to the region between January and May this year. But those operating in the sector still have the potential to expand the business. In May, ten Brazilian companies participated in Automechanika, a fair in the sector that takes place in Dubai. Next year, the event is going to have the support of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
In the first phase of the work developed by the Federal University of Pernambuco, 18 volunteers who are HIV carriers were submitted to three doses of the medication. Just one day after immunization, they presented on average 80% reduction of viral load.
The country went up from the 15th to 14th position amongst the greatest economies of the world, according to information disclosed this week by the World Bank. In the evaluation by specialists heard by ANBA, this contributes to a better image of Brazil abroad and improves the chances of attracting investment.
To the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., this is the first symptom of the potential the shoe industry of Tunisia may represent as an importer. Up to the end of the year, the CCAB should organize a mission to the Arab country so as to analyse the sector.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – A top official in the European Union says she hopes the Biregional Association Agreement between the EU and Mercosur will be ready in time for the 4th EU-Latin American-Caribbean Summit which is scheduled to take place in May 2006 in Vienna. The EU commissioner for Foreign Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, says
The novel that shows the conflict between the twins Omar and Yaqub, sons of Lebanese immigrants living in the state of Amazonas, was released in 2000 in Brazil and in the country alone sold 30,000 copies. The author, son of a Lebanese father and Brazilian mother, is one of the rare Brazilians edited in Arabic, says Safa Jubran, the University of São Paulo (USP) professor responsible for the translation. According to her, contact between the Arab community and the national authors is still small,
The novel that shows the conflict between the twins Omar and Yaqub, sons of Lebanese immigrants living in the state of Amazonas, was released in 2000 in Brazil and in the country alone sold 30,000 copies. The author, son of a Lebanese father and Brazilian mother, is one of the rare Brazilians edited in Arabic, says Safa Jubran, the University of São Paulo (USP) professor responsible for the translation. According to her, contact between the Arab community and the national authors is still small,
