Author: Mark Ament
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Maritime platform Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras, the first designed for extra-heavy oil production in the country, was baptised yesterday (12) by oil company Petrobras and should start operating in the third quarter of this year. The equipment should be based in Badejo field, in Campos Basin (northern
Buyers from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Algeria are among the 59 importers invited to participate in the Business Meeting promoted by the Brazilian High-End Furniture Manufacturers Association, to take place today in São Paulo. The meeting precedes the Abimad fair, to begin tomorrow and end on Sunday.
The president of Brazil sent the invitation to several Arab leaders through Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, who is currently touring the Middle East. The president of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, has already agreed to visit Brazil and the king of Jordan, Abdullah II, with whom Amorim met yesterday, stated he hopes to be able to visit the country.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports grew 12.1% in January in comparison with the same month in 2007 and reached US$ 4.282 billion. Imports grew even more, 60.7%, to US$ 1 billion. The trade balance surplus was US$ 3.2 billion. The increase in foreign sales was boosted by soy and its derivatives,
Agência CNI* Recife – The number of employees in the industrial sector in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco grew 12.9% in the accumulated result for 2007 as against 2006. The variable stands out as the most expressive analysed in the whole series of the research of Industrial Indices, published yesterday (11) by the Technological
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) intends to make available 80 billion reals (US$ 45.5 billion) in funds for financing in 2008. The value is 24% greater than the total made available last year: 64.9 billion reals (US$ 36.9 billion). The funds made available in 2007 had already been record
Despite being a great producer of ornamental stone, Brazil imports marble and granite from the Arab countries. The main product purchased is travertine marble, which the Brazilian industry also produces, but with different characteristics. Imports totalled 2,500 tonnes last year, growth of 77% over 2006.
This statement was made yesterday by the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, to whom the market in the region is excellent. The minister recently signed a partnership with the Arab Chamber, and the first action will be participation in the Gulfood, the food sector fair in Dubai.
The minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil, Celso Amorim, was received by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz Al-Saud over the weekend and by Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, yesterday. The Brazilian minister is currently on a tour of the Middle East. With the Saudi monarch, agreements and partnerships were negotiated. The meeting with Al-Assad had as its main theme the peace process in the Middle East.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – A taskforce of technicians from Brazil, the United States and the European Union that was established to define an international standard for ethanol has already concluded and promoted early this month the first phase of the work for harmonisation of technical specifications of the product. The objective behind this
