Author: Mark Ament

Cotiplás, from the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, already exports to the Mercosur, the economic bloc that includes Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, and wants to expand markets. With annual production of three million toys, the company wants to start exporting around 20% of production. The dolls are of various kinds. Some have the same body shape and weight of newly born babies.

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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Manaus Industrial Hub, in Amazonas state, in northern Brazil, grew 36.12% in the first four months of this year. Between January and April, the hub had revenues of R$ 15.61 billion, 11.95% more than in the same period in 2005. In dollars, revenues totalled US$ 7.18 billion, 36.12% more

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Apex, with the help of the Arab Brazilian Chamber, is going to restructure its product distribution centre in the emirate. The new structure, apart from including space for storage of various products, should include offices for companies, a site for showrooms and technical, legal and customs assistance.

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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the main stock market in South Africa, is going to adopt a program similar to the Social Stock Exchange, developed by the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa), the largest stock market in Brazil. This information was disclosed today (07) by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de

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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the main stock market in South Africa, is going to adopt a program similar to the Social Stock Exchange, developed by the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa), the largest stock market in Brazil. This information was disclosed today (07) by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de

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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian carmakers produced 245,200 vehicles in May, an increase of 20.1% over April and 10.4% when compared to the same month in 2005. In the accumulated total for the year, they have already produced 1 million vehicles. This is the first time that Brazil produces this volume of vehicles

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The group of Brazilian businessmen who participated in The Hotel Show, the hotel and entertainment sector fair that ended yesterday, in Dubai, visited the most luxurious hotel in the Emirates, the Burj Al Arab, today. The businessmen were also met by representatives of the government of the emirate.

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This is the result of Brazilian participation in the hotel sector fair that ended yesterday in Dubai. The figure is an estimate for the next 12 months by the companies that participated in the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce stand at the fair. Sarasá, which produces works of art, should make a cupola for a hotel and spa in Morocco.

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In the Brazilian city of Zé Doca, 51,000 people are going to accompany the steps of their most famous townsman, Francileudo dos Santos, a Brazilian who naturalized himself Tunisian and has been defending the country team since 2004.

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Dim-Export provides services to small and medium companies that want to export but do not know how to. The organization helps in the establishment of a business plan for the foreign market. The consultancy company was established two years ago with the objective of taking abroad typically Brazilian products like caipirinha, a cane spirit cocktail, and cheese bread, a typical Brazilian snack.

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