From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian cargo transport sector had a throughput of 455.57 million tonnes last year, according to figures supplied by the National Confederation of Transport. This volume represents an increase of 15.9% when compared to 2003. There are 56,000 cargo transport companies in Brazil, 80% medium and small, according to
Author: Mark Ament
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Agribusiness exports reached US$ 2.782 billion in February, a historic record for the month and 23.4% more than the value exported in the same period in 2004. The surplus was US$ 2.398 billion, with a 25% increase over the result obtained in February 2004. Sector imports totalled US$ 384
Farmers from the northern Brazilian state of Roraima established a cooperative with the support of the Sebrae so as to transform the fruit into paper. Twenty-six farmers are working on the project with their families.
On the 25th and 26th of this month, the Foreign Ministers of both blocs are going to meet in Marrakech so as to discuss, among other topics, open points in the final declaration of the summit, scheduled to take place in Brazilian capital Brasília, in May. It is already consensus, however, that the main focus will be the economic and trade area. The idea is to make those countries involved behave and operate in an articulated manner in international forums, such as the WTO, and to adopt measures
The Horeca, an exhibition of products and services for hotels, restaurants, buffets and supermarkets, is scheduled for April 5 to 8, in Beirut. Brazilian companies interested in participating are enlisting at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
The Arab Culture Institute was established in January by professors, writers and journalists from the state of São Paulo who were interested in spreading information about the Arab world in the country. The first official activity by the institute will be a photography exhibition about Palestine, in April. There is also a poetry recital and a cinema show scheduled for the first half of the year.
The Arab Culture Institute was established in January by professors, writers and journalists from the state of São Paulo who were interested in spreading information about the Arab world in the country. The first official activity by the institute will be a photography exhibition about Palestine, in April. There is also a poetry recital and a cinema show scheduled for the first half of the year.
The end of North American subsidies, determined last week by the World Trade Organization, should increase Brazilian cotton exports by 20% starting in 2006. The decision also benefits African countries like Benin and Burkina Faso, which live off cotton production. The United States have up to the beginning of July to eliminate the subsidies to exports.
Submarine Tikuna was manufactured at the Navy Yard in Rio de Janeiro and is the fifth in its class to go into operation in the country. The first one was manufactured in Germany and the other ones in Brazil, through an agreement for technology transfer. Brazil, according to the Navy, is the only country in the Southern Hemisphere capable of building this kind of vessel.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Yesterday (03), Brazil gained a definitive victory at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against North American cotton subsidies. The WTO came to the conclusion that the United States subsidise the production and export of cotton. Brazilian cotton farmers lose around US$ 480 million a year due to the United
SCA, from the city of Bento Gonçalves, in Rio Grande do Sul, inaugurated a space in Dubai in the month of January and already has various requests for price estimates. At the site, the company has a Brazilian architect, who is responsible for training the labour and developing projects for the region. The company, which has 140 stores in Brazil and ten abroad, produces 3,500 products a day and exports 20% of this total.
The Arab diplomats based in the city of Brasília, the Brazilian capital, are going to discuss the matter with the minister of Education, Tarso Genro, on March 14. The idea is to introduce the language in schools and universities. Yesterday the Arab Ambassadors Council promoted a meeting with journalists so as to address the matter of the summit of Arab and South American heads of state, to take place in May. The final details of the event should be defined at a ministerial meeting in Morocco, at
TV Brazil, a pilot station set up at the V World Social Forum (WSF) between January 26 and 31 in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, served as a guide for the creation of what will shortly become the first channel committed to the integration of South America. Transmissions should begin this year, and the channel should show documentaries about Brazil and other South American countries.
