During the Brazil-Sudan Forum, which took place in Khartoum, representatives of the government, sector organisations and of the government of Brazil spoke about the field of agriculture in the country and about the business opportunities. They also met with the ministers of Foreign Relations and Investment.
Author: Mark Ament
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A group of over 250 companies in the garment sector in the cities of Vitória and Colatina, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, are going to undergo a training program based on a project developed by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), to export
The possibilities of exchange between both cities were the theme yesterday of a meeting between the ambassador of Tunisia to Brazil, Sefeddine Cherif, and the mayor of São Paulo, Gilberto Kassab. Cherif also met with alderman José Rogério Farhat, author of a project that should make Tunis and São Paulo sister cities.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian coffee is going to undergo a new process of identification and qualification of grain and of the ground product. A decree published today (25) by the Secretariat for Agricultural Defence at the Ministry of Agriculture is starting a public consultation regarding technical regulation of the new rules. The measures to
The Brazilian stand at Cairo International Fair had generated around one hundred contacts up to yesterday. The products made in the country called attention as they present better quality than the Asian products, due to the increase in the prices of Chinese products and also due to the lower offer of European and North American products.
Embratur estimates that the annual expenses of foreign tourists may reach this value up to 2010. Last year the total spent by visitors was US$ 5 billion and, in January 2008, the total reached US$ 600 million.
On Tuesday, the date on which the Arab Community Day is celebrated in São Paulo, the institution from the southeastern Brazilian state is going to honour Arab personalities and descendants who contributed to the Arab-Brazilian collectiveness. Among them the Egyptian professor who is also Foreign Relations vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
On Tuesday, the date on which the Arab Community Day is celebrated in São Paulo, the institution from the southeastern Brazilian state is going to honour Arab personalities and descendants who contributed to the Arab-Brazilian collectiveness. Among them the Egyptian professor who is also Foreign Relations vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Representatives of the governments and of the private sector in both countries should meet to discuss business opportunities and partnerships in the agribusiness field. According to the ambassador of Sudan, Rahamtalla Osman, his country has great agricultural potential, but needs know-how, technology and machinery.
The government plans to build a 920-kilometre pipeline from Mato Grosso (MW Brazil) to Paranaguá Port, in Paraná (S). The idea is to make possible the export of the excess alcohol that the country produces. Brazil is the second main world producer of alcohol, with 22 billion litres a year.
Brazil is the ninth country with the largest number of people who open businesses in the world. There are around 15 million initial entrepreneurs, who are implementing their business or who have been running it for 42 months at the most. They correspond to 12.72% of the adult population of 118 million Brazilians aged from 18 to 64.
Minister Ellen Gracie is going to participate in the International Conference for Supreme Courts in the capital of the United Arab Emirates between March 23 and 24. Alongside representatives of supreme courts of 32 countries, she is going to speak about the workings of Justice in Brazil.
The company produced 17,807 bus bodies last year. It also has units in Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, Mexico, Russia and India. The factory assembles vehicles on chassis of 15 different global brands.
