Handicraft from Minas Gerais is growing in the country and abroad due to initiatives for support of artisans in the state. Differentiation is the main trump card.
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From January to July 2011, exports of Brazilian sweets to the Middle East grew 13% as against the same period last year, reaching US$ 6.1 million.
Disbursements made by the bank declined by 5% from January to July this year compared with the same period of 2010. In the whole year, disbursements should reach US$ 88.6 billion.
The index measured by the Applied Economic Research Institute went from 63.5 points in July to 65.2 in August. Confidence declined only in southern Brazil. Interviews were made in 3,810 households.
Sector revenues in Brasil grew 0.6% in July as against June, according to a National Confederation of Industries study. Working hours rose again last month.
Foz do Iguaçu National Park, in the state of Paraná, received 368,000 visitors from abroad from January to July, representing a 4.36% increase over the same period of 2010.
Company Enalta, from São Paulo, produces equipment for control of sugarcane cutting on Case IH cutters, used in the African country. The equipment optimizes crops.
An Embraer 170 equipped with an engine by General Electric is fuelled with 50% of a fuel derived from camelina. The aircraft manufacturing company claims that the result was ‘positive.’
Automobile sales grew by 6.2% as against July. In comparison with August 2010, there was a 0.4% decline.
Brazil’s economy grew in the 2nd quarter this year, but did so at a slower pace, according to Geography and Statistics Institute survey. The rate of growth was 3.1% as against the same period of 2010.
With three specialized shops, Lucas Anderi came to Lebanon to be one of the pioneers in the import of wedding dresses in Brazil. The stylists company also offers its own creations.
Emirates Airline and Infraero are negotiating the flight of the largest aircraft in the world to Guarulhos International Airport starting in December.
The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade estimates that Brazilian foreign sales should reach US$ 257 billion. This is the second upward revision this year.
Sales to the two regions grew the most among the targets of Brazilian products in August. In the G7 and BRICs, trade is growing at a slower pace, except for Brazil and China, where it is on the rise.
