The French vehicle manufacturer produced a total of 29,231 vehicles in the first four months of this year at its industrial unit in the city of São José dos Pinhais, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. Up to the end of the year, production should grow 61% powered by the launch of new models and exports.
Author: Mark Ament
The value was reached in the first four months of 2007 and represents an increase of 43% in comparison with the same period last year. The Arab world has been a priority target for sector marketing, with promotional barbecues in Dubai, Jordan and Morocco.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The trade balance result (exports minus imports) maintained a good level of growth in the first three working days of May, reaching US$ 545 million, a daily average of US$ 181.66 million. This is little less than in the last week of April, due to the daily average of imports rising
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, gave a talk about the economic bloc at the 39th Congress of Arab Chambers of Commerce, in Abu Dhabi. The participants wanted to know more about the legal model of the common market and about privatisations in Brazil, to forward suggestions to their local governments.
Increasing trade with the Latin American countries, mainly Brazil and Argentina, is one of the objectives of businessmen in the Arab world. Currently, exports and imports from the region are greatly concentrated on Europe and the United States. This was one of the themes discussed yesterday during the 39th Congress of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of the Arab Countries.
Ministers of countries in both regions are meeting in Cairo, until today, to discuss how to proceed in the social area. The first step, according to the Brazilian minister of Social Development, Patrus Ananias, who is in the Arab country, should be sharing experiences. Ananias should travel to Algeria to learn about the programs in the country for youths, elderly people and people with disabilities. He was invited to go during the meeting.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Figures disclosed by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) show that over 70% of the global population depends on the cultivation of commodities to survive. The theme will be discussed at international conference Global Initiative on Commodities, to take place between May 7 and 11 at Blue Tree Park
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The trade balance result this year registered a surplus of US$ 4.203 billion in the month of April, an increase of 25.20% over the result of the previous year and 35.67% over the same month last year. This was the best monthly balance in the year, and was the result of
Two articles by the Brazil-Arab News Agency have been shortlisted for the Massey Ferguson Journalism Award. One was written by journalist Alexandre Rocha and another by journalist Isaura Daniel. The announcement of the winners is going to take place in June, in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. ANBA also received a record number of visits in April: 201,371.
The cooperatives from the state exported US$ 25 million to the Arab nations in the first quarter of this year. They answered to 40% of the total sold to the region by the sector in the country. To guarantee success, they are modernizing and expanding production, having invested R$ 790 million (US$ 388 million) last year.
Nitriflex, a synthetic rubber factory, is going to participate in a trade delegation to Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia at the end of May that is being organized by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The company wants to sell the product it makes, which is used as raw material for shoe component industries, construction material and rubbery products, among others.
On Monday the minister of Economic Affairs of the Arab country, Rachid El Alami, will be in Brazilian capital Brasília to win support to the organization of Expo 2012 in Tangiers, and to discuss economic questions and social policies. In May there will be meetings with businessmen and ministers in Rabat, and the country will also receive a trade delegation organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber. In June, Brazilian president Lula may visit Morocco.
The Brazilian minister for Social Development and Hunger Alleviation, Patrus Ananias, is going to participate on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in a ministerial meeting in the social area in Arab and South American Countries in Cairo. Leaders from both regions are going to present, at the meeting, their social development policies. Ananias is going to discuss the Brazilian income distribution programs.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Sadia, a Brazilian factory in the meat sector, plans to open a new factory abroad. This will be the second foreign unit, the first having been established in Russia. The news was published today (27) by newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. According to information disclosed by the newspaper,
