Foreign purchases of food have a turnover of around US$ 5 billion a year. To the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, who is in Tripoli, this is one of the sectors that presents the greatest business potential in the Arab country for Brazilian companies.
Author: Mark Ament
Alexandre Rocha, special envoy* Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian exports generated US$ 11.86 billion in November, a record value for the month, against US$ 10.8 billion in the same period last year. Imports, in turn, totalled US$ 8.67 billion against US$ 6.7 billion in the same month in 2005, resulting in a trade balance surplus
The Youth Citizenship Network, a project developed by an NGO from Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, was one of the winners of the Dubai International Award for Best Practices, promoted by the United Nations (UN) in partnership with the city of Dubai. In the project, youths from Minas Gerais work on radio and television programs, and run means of communication like a newspaper and website turned to the low income population.
The Youth Citizenship Network, a project developed by an NGO from Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, was one of the winners of the Dubai International Award for Best Practices, promoted by the United Nations (UN) in partnership with the city of Dubai. In the project, youths from Minas Gerais work on radio and television programs, and run means of communication like a newspaper and website turned to the low income population.
The bank should inaugurate its office in Dubai in the first half of 2007. One of the objectives, according to the foreign trade director at the institution, Nilo Panazzolo, is to attract investment to the Brazilian capital goods market.
Workshop from Brazilian capital Brasília launches new brand of luxury shoes. The colourful shoes and bright produced by Gaia Molino are made out of frog, fish and cattle leather. The focus is the foreign market. Arab women are among the target customers.
After a talk by the secretary general of the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, yesterday at Vale do Rio Sinos University (Unisinos), businessmen from the shoe sector sought Alaby for further information. The talk was part of the 4th edition of the Regional Foreign Trade Meeting, promoted by Unisinos and by the Bank of Brazil.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian credit card market should have a turnover of R$ 191.3 billion (US$ 87.5 billion at current exchange rates) this year, an increase of 20% when compared to 2005. The figures are part of study "Indices of the Electronic Payment Method Market", executed by the card department of
The Arab country is after suppliers and investors for the development of the areas of infrastructure and energy. For this purpose, fair Project Libya 2006 will be promoted in Tripoli between December 4 and 7. The event will count on the participation of the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby.
This information was supplied by the former minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Roberto Rodrigues. According to him, the governments of Holland and England showed interest in financing projects for production of ethanol on the African continent using Brazilian technology. Yesterday, Rodrigues was sworn in as coordinator of the Agribusiness Centre at Getulio Vargas Foundation, a famous Brazilian university. The Agribusiness Centre should focus mainly on agro-energy.
During Destinations 2006, to begin tomorrow (29) in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, specialists from all around the world are going to discuss sustainable projects that may contribute to increase the number of tourists in various countries, among then Qatar, Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Oman.
Andrade Gutierrez and Norberto Odebrecht are going to be present in the 4th International Public Works and Construction Trade Fair, which begins today in Algiers. They are eyeing a billion dollar market. The projects to be shown at the fair alone total US$ 23 billion.
