Company will build new wood pulp plant in Paraná. State funding corresponds to 43.6% of total investment in the project.
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The funds will be allocated to urban mobility works in seven Brazilian cities, including light rails in Brasília, Goiânia and Natal.
In an event in the North-American capital, the World Affairs Council – Washington DC honours sheikha Moza bint Nasser, from Qatar Foundation, and Brazilian ambassador in the US, Mauro Vieira.
In all, 136 billion litres were sold in 2013. The figure comprises diesel, biodiesel, gasoline, ethanol, fuel oil, aviation kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, and compressed natural gas.
Team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meets with local authorities and claims country had ‘broad’ growth last year. The use of public funds, however, needs adjustment.
The number of units sold dropped 17% in February in relation to January. Production, however, rose 19% in the same comparison.
Production was up 2.9% according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Output from the capital goods industry was up 10%, the highest rate of all industries surveyed.
The result in February 2014 is down 19.8% from February 2013, but up from January this year.
According to a poll of financial institutions conducted by the Brazilian Central Bank, the country’s economy should be up 1.68% in 2014. The prior projection was 1.70%.
Agreement provides for Iraqi oil to be taken to Jordan. From there, product will be transported to Egypt to be refined and exported to African countries.
Next month, Brazil will start exporting the 2013/2014 crop. Still, commodities’ prices and oil and oil products’ imports should impact upon agricultural sector performance in 2014.
LBCI is featuring a series of shows on personalities of Lebanese ascent. Episodes with Michel Temer and Amyr Klink have aired. On Friday, São Paulo city mayor Fernando Haddad will be in the spotlight.
Deficit last year was US$ 2.1 bn, the biggest since the beginning of the historical series, in 1994. This year, the balance is negative in US$ 6.1 bn.
Watch in this episode: Arab ambassadors visit the state of Bahia; the Unesco Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation; the cosmetics market in Brazil; and a visit to Cuiabá, one of the Brazilian cities that will host the World Cup.
