From the Newsroom* São Paulo – About 21 European importers and 90 Brazilian shrimp producers gathered for business meetings during the weekend in the Natal, city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, which generated a turnover of US$ 625,900. There were 250 meetings at the Sector Meeting Al-Invest Tech Shrimp. The
Author: Silvia Lindsey
The originality in the clothes is powering the entry of micro and small Brazilian textile factories in the foreign market. To escape competition with the Chinese factories, known for their low prices, the national confections bet on the segment of differentiated products, almost exclusive. In the list of companies that won foreign clients with this strategy are III Milenium, from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and Fhio de Linha, from southeastern Minas Gerais. Clothes emb
Carlos Tebecherani Haddad, from the Catholic University of Santos, took 10 years to organise the material that was based on his experience as a professor and on research in about 65 Arab language books, bought during journeys to Yemen, Lebanon, England, France and Spain. As an engineer, he has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Carlos Tebecherani Haddad, from the Catholic University of Santos, took 10 years to organise the material that was based on his experience as a professor and on research in about 65 Arab language books, bought during journeys to Yemen, Lebanon, England, France and Spain. As an engineer, he has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Sagia, a Saudi government organisation which regulates and promotes foreign investments in the country, confirmed yesterday, during a meeting with employees of the Itamaraty in Riyadh, that they will send representatives to Brazil in May. During the summit for South American and Arab countries there will be an investments fair for every country to present their projects.
The information was transmitted yesterday by minister Amorim to the Qatar vice prime minister, Hamad Bin Jaber Al-Tani, during the meeting in the capital city of Doha. Al-Tani stated that Qatar also plans on reopening their embassy in Brasilia. The meeting is part of the agenda for Amorim in his visit to nine Arab countries. He also visited the prince Sayyd Bin Tareq Bin Teimur Al-Said, from Oman. Today, the chancellor will open the activities for the Brazilian business mission in Kuwait.
Businessmen in the Arab country wish to import animals of the zebu breeds with the objective of improving the quality of the flock in the region. One group met last week with the breeders in Brazil. The country already exports live animals to Lebanon and Senegal.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Petrobras, Brazilian oil company, in partnership with the Ultra group, will start building next year the petrochemical hub in the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to information from the website of the newspaper O Globo, US$ 3.5 billion will be invested in the undertaking, which should start its
Imports added up to US$ 8.4 billion until last week, which resulted in a surplus of US$ 4.2 billion.
In a meeting yesterday, in Riyadh, the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdul Rahman Bin Hamad Al-Attiyad, and the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, committed to work so that a framework agreement, document which formalizes the beginning of negotiations, is signed during the summit for Arab and South American countries, in May. The chancellor also had a meeting with the Saudi crown prince, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The experience with the Bolsa Família (meaning Family Scholarship in Portuguese), main income transference programme by the Brazilian government, was presented last Saturday (19) in Egypt. The minister of Social Development and Food Safety, Patrus Ananias, showed the Egyptian government how the programme works. The programme helps 6.5 million
The investment will be of US$ 2.5 billion for the installation of the unit, which should start its operations in 2010, and produce 200,000 barrels per day. The choice for the industrial and port complex of Suape, in the south coast of the northeastern state of Pernambuco, was the end of a nearly 2-year long dispute between 10 Brazilian states contesting to be the headquarter of the new undertaking.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil should export about 105,000 tonnes of shrimps this year, due to the void in the market left by Thailand and India, countries hit by the tsunamis. The forecast is from the Brazilian Association of Shrimp Farmers (ABCC). Europe is the market with greatest potential to increase purchases. On
