The growth was pushed by the sales of naphtha for the petrochemical industry, which totalled US$ 42 million between January and May this year. The Moroccans had revenues of US$ 123.9 million from trade with Brazil in the period, against US$ 69.2 million in the first five months of 2004.
Author: Mark Ament
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The government of Brazil is going to turn US$ 18.6 billion to the 2005/2006 Agriculture and Livestock Plan. The value represents a growth of 12.4% over the total invested in the last crop, according to an announcement, last week, by the minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Roberto Rodrigues.
Company Travel Comfort Amenities, from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, participated in the international fair for the first time. Horeca is turned to the hotel sector and ended last Friday, in Beirut. The company, which participated in the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) stand at the fair, made around 70 contacts, some with large hotel chains, at the fair.
The secretary general of municipalities of the United Arab Emirates, Jassim Darwesh, visited meat packing plant Independência, in the midwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and Moinhos Cruzeiros do Sul, in the interior of the southeastern state of São Paulo, last week. He came to observe the sanitary care and to inspect halal slaughter in the country. "Both factories are excellent," he said. Darwesh also visited the CCAB.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have just sent requests for price quotations to Renar Maçãs, from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, which plans to start selling to the region in January 2006, when the next crop of the fruit begins. The initial sale should be for around 1,000 tonnes, equivalent to US$ 500,000.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil has approved, in the last six months, projects to permit Brazilian exports of goods and services for the value of US$ 1.6 billion. The data was provided by the Committee for Financing and Guarantee of Exports (Cofig), which is coordinated by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign
This statement was made by the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Roberto Rodrigues, at the opening of the 4th Brazilian Agribusiness Congress, in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo. According to the leaders present, Brazil needs to join agriculture and environment preservation as environmental barriers will be more and more used to bar access to foreign markets.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Imports from China have risen an average 57% in general, and up to 70% in some sectors this year, reports the executive secretary of the Ministry of Development, Ivan Ramalho. Responding to complaints from the Brazilian industrial sector, especially textiles, the government is reportedly about to impose safeguards on imports
