Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Fishermen in the Marcílio Dias community, in Rio de Janeiro, who live off fishing in Guanabara Bay, get a new cooperative today (9). The investment, R$ 1.8 million (equivalent to US$ 855,000 at current exchange rates), was made by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. The former cooperative was completely redone
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian coffee exports yielded US$ 3.4 billion between March 2006 and February this year. According to the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (CeCafé), this is an all-time record for a 12-month period. A total of 28 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee were exported. According to CeCafé, in February alone, foreign
Managers at the organization met last Friday with representatives of the African embassies, among them the Tunisian and Moroccan. The company already has an office in Ghana and wants the countries in the region to use its services, especially in the case of technology transfer.
The multi-pipeline, which will have capacity for transporting 18 million litres per year, will cross the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (midwestern Brazil) and the north of the state of Paraná (southern Brazil). At a cost of 2 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 940.7 million), the structure will also be capable of transporting gasoline and diesel.
This information was disclosed by former minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues. In an interview to ANBA he said that biofuels are the new paradigm of the energy sector and the transformation of products like ethanol into commodities is going to change international trade relations.
The International Biofuels Forum will be established on Friday by Brazil, United States, South Africa, China, India and the European Commission. The idea is to create common norms and standards for these products, especially ethanol, to consolidate world trade in the sector.
The sector forecasts a rapid increase in foreign investments due to the imminent boom in the international alcohol market. Multinational companies are either buying plants or announcing new enterprises, with an eye on the transformation of the fuel into a global commodity, which is interesting not only to Brazil, but also to the United States. The sector should continue to grow by more than 10% annually in years to come.
Brazil had revenues of US$ 35.5 million from cattle beef exports to the Arab country last year. This year, sales should increase to US$ 70 million, according to projections by the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association (Abiec), an organisation which represents the industries in the sector, and which promoted the participation of 11 meatpacking plants in the Gulfood trade fair, which ended yesterday (22) in Dubai.
The 22nd Interstate Arabian Horse Exhibition, to take place in March, in Sorocaba, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, should receive around 20 foreign buyers, according to forecasts by the organizers of the exhibit. Between 200 and 250 Brazilian horses will participate in the competitions.
Milk producers in the region of São Luiz dos Montes Belos, in mid-western Brazil, are seeking education to improve the quality of their production. They have organised themselves in groups and are attending higher education and technical courses implemented in the region. The intention is to professionalise the sector and grow.
The works on the sugar refinery that is being built in Homs, Syria, are half way through, according to Maurílio Biagi Filho, director at Crystalsev, a Brazilian company that is a partner in the business. The first tests should take place at the end of the year and the initial operations are scheduled for the beginning of next year.
Revenues reached US$ 350 million. The increase in the volume shipped was even greater: 47%. Three Arab nations are among the 20 main destinations for sector products and there has been expressive growth in sales to almost all the countries in the region. To the president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Antonio Sarkis Jr., this shows that the Arab market continues presenting new opportunities for Brazil.
A statement published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply disclosed that the biotechnology development policy, launched on Thursday by the government, will make agribusiness products safer and more competitive. It should also provide incentives to the use of the national agro-biodiversity.
