After winning tender in Algeria, Brazilian construction company Andrade Gutierrez, which already has business in Mauritania, plans on prospecting the Libyan market. With the increase in oil prices and the demand for infrastructure works, the region has become attractive to the company. They also have their eye on the Middle East, so much that an office has been opened in Dubai.
Author: Silvia Lindsey
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – World economy should grow 3.3% this year, pushed mainly by developing countries such as China and India. The information is in the report released today (24) by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). According to the study, the developing countries should grow by 5.6% in
The sector exported the equivalent to US$ 8.7 billion in 2005, against US$ 6.6 billion in 2004. It was the greatest increase in exports amongst all industrial segments.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 1.943 billion on the third week of January and imported US$ 1.474 billion, which resulted in a trade surplus of US$ 469 billion. In the accumulated value for the month of January, with 15 working days, shipments added up to US$ 6.135 billion,
According to information from the Brazilian Central Bank, the total reached US$ 3.861 billion, an increase in almost 20% in comparison to 2004. Brazilians spent even more abroad, US$ 4.72 billion. The arrivals in international flights reached more than 6.7 million, also a record figure.
This was one of the main themes of the meeting between the Moroccan minister of Foreign Relations, Mohamed Benaïssa, and his Brazilian counterpart, Celso Amorim, on Friday, in Brasilia. They spoke of the need of holding trade missions. An agreement should be signed between business entities of the two countries.
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The number of passenger arrivals in national flights last year was of 43,130,559, an increase in 17.95% in relation to 2004. With this sum, 2005 surpassed by 6,563,674 the number of domestic arrivals registered in 2004, which was of 36,566,885. "It is an exceptional growth, consistent and within a progression that
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Embraer, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, announced today (19) the sales of five jets ERJ 145 to China Eastern Airlines Wuhan. The aeroplanes, with capacity for taking 50 passengers each, will be delivered between November this year and June next year by Harbin Embraer, joint venture between the Brazilian company and
The agreement that allowed for the sales of a series of products of animal origin was signed this week by government representatives of the two countries. With this was opened a new market for the Brazilian companies. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, shipments should start already in the first quarter of the year.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The ports in Brazil were responsible for shipping 81% of Brazilian exports to the international market last year, according to information from the communications advisory at the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Of the US$ 118 billion sold by the country to the external market in 2005,
