Agência Brasil* Brasilia – Brazilian exports added up to US$ 2.342 billion last week, against imports equivalent to US$ 1.271 billion, which resulted in a surplus of US$ 1.071 billion. The surplus in the nine working days in the month is of US$ 1.951 billion. During the year, the trade surplus reached US$ 14.389 billion,
Author: Silvia Lindsey
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur), of the Ministry of Tourism, participated at the 13th edition of the Arabian Travel Market, main fair in the sector of the Middle East, which took place between the 2nd and 5th of May, in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. This month Embratur
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The tourism sector should generate 1.2 million direct and indirect jobs in Brazil up to the end of 2007. According to the minister of Tourism, Walfrido dos Mares Guia, since 2003 there have been more than 600,000 work posts created. The estimate is that this year will be closed with the
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian beef exports added up to US$ 252 million in April, the same revenue of the month of April 2005. Some 167,300 tonnes of the product were shipped, which represented a drop in 13.7% in relation to the same period last year, according to information released today (10) by
The secretary-general at the Arab Chamber, Michel Alaby, was invited by the city hall of Osasco, city neighbouring São Paulo, to talk about the potential in the Arab countries. According to the secretary of Industry in the city, Alcides Edilio Valente, a foreign trade culture has to be created amongst the businessmen in the region.
Brazil earned US$ 13.2 billion with external sales of agricultural and livestock products between January and April this year. The products which contributed the most to the performance were soy, beef, leather, sugar, alcohol, cellulose and paper.
The secretary of Energy of the State of São Paulo, Mauro Guilherme Jardim Arce, states that petroleum will not be substituted in the next three decades. He spoke on the theme during a seminar in the city of Curitiba.
Agência Brasil* São Paulo – The car factories installed in Brazil reduced by 1.2% their exports in April, in comparison to the previous month, period in which was registered the greatest volume of units sold to the foreign market. The information is from the National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea). There were 71,540 vehicles sold
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The daily average of Brazilian imports reached US$ 372 million in April, largest sum ever registered in the history of Brazil. The increase was of 39.8% over the same month last year. In all, during the month of April imports registered US$ 6.7 billion. *Translated by Silvia Lindsey
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is going to invest US$ 500,000 per year in an office in Ghana. The base will meet the demands of the whole continent, including the Arab countries in North Africa. Currently Embrapa has projects in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt. The institution has the greatest knowledge on tropical agriculture in the world.
