From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Francal, the largest fair in the shoes sector in Latin America, starts next week, on the 4th of July, in São Paulo. The fair is the greatest event in setting the fashion in shoes and accessories for the spring-summer season in the region and will carry on until the
Author: Silvia Lindsey
The exhibitors from Egypt who participated at Hospitalar, fair of medical equipments which took place in São Paulo, are promising to come back for the next edition of the exhibit, have signed a cooperation agreement with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and hired a professional to care for the registration of Egyptian products in the Brazilian market.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian chemical industry exported the equivalent to US$ 792 million in May, an increase in 37% in comparison to April. There were 912,000 tonnes shipped, 59.4% in relation to the previous month. Imports of chemical products, in turn, added up to US$ 1.3 billion in May, an increase
In the last 15 years Brazilian paper and pulp exports tripled, going from US$ 1 billion in 1990 to US$ 3.4 billion in 2005. The information was released during ExpocelpaSul, a seminar and exhibit that ends today in the city of Curitiba.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – The Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released today (21) the Annual Research on the Construction Industry. The study shows that in 2004, in comparison to the previous year, the total construction works and services executed by the building companies increased, in values, 12.2%, adding to about US$
Agência Brasil* São Paulo – Alcohol production from the current sugarcane harvest reached 2.68 billion litres on the 1st of June, a result which is 14% greater than last year, as was announced yesterday (20) by the Union of the Sugarcane Agro-industry of São Paulo (Unica). The increase in supply of alcohol fuel caused a
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian company Sadia is going to inaugurate, next Monday (26), a new margarine factory in the city of Uberlândia, in the state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast region of Brazil. The company acts in the agro-industrial segment of pork, beef and poultry foodstuff products, as well as pasta
The H-Bio, developed by Petrobras, uses a mixture of vegetable oil and petroleum in the refinement. Production in industrial scale will start in the end of the year and, in the opinion of the Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it represents a revolution in terms of fighting pollution and generating jobs in the fields.
In the city of Diadema, in São Paulo, for example, there is a group of companies that respond for 10% of the sector in the country. In the northeastern states of Ceará and Bahia there are hubs too. Together, the companies organise themselves and manage to obtain greater participation in the market.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The federal government will be promoting, as of this Friday (23), the II Week of Organic Foods in many Brazilian states. Up to the 30th of June there will be seminars, fairs, lectures, tasting sessions, gastronomic circuits and visits to organic farms in the states of Acre, Alagoas, Bahia,
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The 1st Brazilian Biennial Design Exhibit will be inaugurated today (19), at 8 p.m., at the Oca, exhibit space in the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo. There will be a ceremony for guests. As of tomorrow (20), the exhibit will be opened to the public, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The 1st Brazilian Biennial Design Exhibit will be inaugurated today (19), at 8 p.m., at the Oca, exhibit space in the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo. There will be a ceremony for guests. As of tomorrow (20), the exhibit will be opened to the public, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, inaugurates tomorrow (20) the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) distribution centre in Portugal. The centre, according to a statement released by the ministry, is located 20 kilometres away from the port of Lisbon and 15
