The Brazilian company signed with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Jordan an agreement that forecasts a viability study for the use of Petrobras technology in the production of schist oil in the Arab country. The study should take at least two years. Petrobras produces 4,200 barrels of schist oil per day.
Author: Mark Ament
The performance was powered by the food sector, business in the state and exports, according to a study by the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná.
Brazil had revenues of US$ 35.5 million from cattle beef exports to the Arab country last year. This year, sales should increase to US$ 70 million, according to projections by the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association (Abiec), an organisation which represents the industries in the sector, and which promoted the participation of 11 meatpacking plants in the Gulfood trade fair, which ended yesterday (22) in Dubai.
Plastic artist Lourdes Zanetti Paiva, from the city of Rolândia, in the interior of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, paints pictures of belly dancing. It all began five years ago when the she did a course in the dance. She is now renowned for her work on the famous Arab dance.
Plastic artist Lourdes Zanetti Paiva, from the city of Rolândia, in the interior of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, paints pictures of belly dancing. It all began five years ago when the she did a course in the dance. She is now renowned for her work on the famous Arab dance.
Agência Brasil* Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Among 18 agreements signed yesterday (21) between Argentina and Venezuela the most prominent was the establishment of the Bank of the South, to finance development projects of poor countries in South America. The idea was raised by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Chávez and the Argentine president, Néstor Kirchner, pointed
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian exports generated US$ 2.795 billion last week, with growth of 7.21% over the previous week. Imports remained at the same level in the period, totalling US$ 2.095 billion, the trade surplus in the week between February 12 and 18 was US$ 700 million, 38.88% more than in the previous week.
The eleven companies that produce cattle beef and are participating in the food sector fair in Dubai have already closed deals. This information was disclosed by the executive director at Abiec, Antonio Jorge Camardelli. Another twelve Brazilian producers of fruit and chicken are at the fair.
The 22nd Interstate Arabian Horse Exhibition, to take place in March, in Sorocaba, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, should receive around 20 foreign buyers, according to forecasts by the organizers of the exhibit. Between 200 and 250 Brazilian horses will participate in the competitions.
The Brazilian food industry, which produces meats and dairy products, exports to nine Arab countries and sees in the region a market that is becoming more and more promising. The fair, which begins today, in Dubai, is the largest in the food sector in the Middle East.
Omani group Khimji Ramdas signed a US$ 30,000 order with company Niroflex during the Abimad Fair, which ends in São Paulo today. Group representative Praveen Kapoor visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber offices on Friday, together with another importer, Mohammad Qatoush, from Kuwaiti company Areek.
Brazilian companies had revenues of US$ 429.7 million with sales of ceramic tiles on the foreign market last year. The volume reached 114.3 million square metres, up 0.48%. A total of 129 countries purchased Brazilian ceramic tiles in 2006.
In total, 23 companies and sector organizations are going to participate in the fair, the largest in the food sector in the Middle East. Gulfood is going to take place in Dubai between February 19 and 22. This will be the first time that three associations – the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association, the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association and the Brazilian Fruit Institute – are going to exhibit at the event, in partnership with the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agenc
The works on the sugar refinery that is being built in Homs, Syria, are half way through, according to Maurílio Biagi Filho, director at Crystalsev, a Brazilian company that is a partner in the business. The first tests should take place at the end of the year and the initial operations are scheduled for the beginning of next year.
