Author: Mark Ament

Agência Brasil The Ministry of Agriculture will initiate Sunday (1st) the National Campaign for the Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease. The objective is to immunize 123.8 million bovines and buffaloes until May 31st, the last day of the campaign. This number represents 65% of the Brazilian breeding stock. The vaccination against FMD will reach

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This information was supplied by the director of the commercial promotion department of the Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty), Mario Vilalva, who was in Cairo to promote the meetings. Around 15 businessmen from Egypt, representing sectors like commodities, cement and electric equipment are going. The Brazil-Egypt Business Council wants trade between both countries to reach US$ 1 billion up to 2010.

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The investment had already totalled US$ 2.4 billion up to Tuesday. According to the head of the economic department of the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), Altamir Lopes, the flow shows that the Brazilian productive sector is in strong recovery. The financial institution believes that by the end of the year, foreigners will have sent US$ 16 billion to the country.

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