The country bought 4,300 tonnes of aluminium and products from the Arab world in the first quarter of this year. The main supplier was Bahrain and the main items bought were cables and residues.
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The number of Brazilian enterprises that did not honour their obligations grew in March this year compared with the same month in 2011.
The country will have its own pavilion at the 13th Offshore Technology Conference, the world’s leading oil industry fair, due in the United States starting next Monday (30th).
IBGE’s 2010 Census shows that 1,430 people who lived in Lebanon moved to Brazil in that year. The United States and Japan top the ranking of migrants to the country.
An advising firm based in São Paulo helps brides and grooms prepare Arab-style weddings. Dancers with candlesticks, music groups and henna paintings on women’s hands are some of the rituals.
This week, Brazil’s Export Agency (Apex) and Precious Gems Institute (IBGM) renewed an agreement to promote exports of gems, jewellery and costume jewellery. Targets include Qatar and the Emirates.
The CEO at the organisation, Michel Alaby, signed agreements for cooperation with the Sfax and Tunis chambers of commerce. Brazilian exports to the Arab country will also need certificates of origin.
The number of foreigners and Brazilians who returned to the country after having lived abroad reached 286,500 in 2010, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
The primary public sector surplus reached US$ 5.5 billion reals in March, according to the Central Bank. The first quarter suplus was US$ 24.3 billion.
Michel Aburachid, the president of the Minas Gerais Garment Union, whose father was Lebanese, defends the fashion made in his land. And he points towards greater trade with the Arabs as a target.
The 18th edition of the International Tourism Market started last Wednesday (25th) and will continue until Saturday (28th) in Tunis. The event is geared toward hotels, transport and entertainment.
According to the Brazilian construction company, the US$ 362 million contract is the largest signed by the sanitation company in the capital of the Emirates. The works should be ready in 2015.
At the Minas Trend Preview, in Belo Horizonte, 180 exhibitors and 250 brands present fashion trends for the next season. The event will last until the 28th in the capital of the state of Minas Gerais.
Despite the international instability, the state-owned company’s investment forecasted for 2012 is the greatest in history and should reach R$ 88 billion (US$ 47 billion).
