Foreign sales by the industry have gone from US$ 3,124.97 million to US$ 3,330.83 million in the first four months of the year. The number of jobs grew by 4.4% in the month of May.
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In May, nearly 9 million tonnes of cargo passed through the largest sea terminal in Brazil. It was the highest monthly turnover since September of last year.
The comparison, by the Central Bank of Brazil, is between April this year and the same month in 2009. The figure is used in the formulation of interest policies.
Architecture, urbanism and landscaping students may enter an international contest promoted by Aecom, which awards ecological projects for seven cities worldwide, including Jeddah and São Paulo.
Laticínios Condessa wants to win the market in the Middle East with its Forno de Minas products. They have halal certification and the company seeks distributors in the region.
The shoe manufacturing hub of São João Batista, in the state of Santa Catarina, wants to export to the Arabs. The municipality is home to 150 plants, mostly small, and sells 8% of its output abroad.
The funds, allocated to the productive sector of the economy, totalled US$ 3.5 billion, a figure higher than the Brazilian Central Bank’s projection, which was US$ 1.6 billion.
The negative balance is greater than that registered in the same period last year. In May alone, the result was over US$ 2 billion.
The women’s shoes manufacturer based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul has four clients in the Emirates and in Kuwait, and began selling to two other stores in the region. The market outlook is good.
The Brazilian state-owned oil company’s 2010-2014 business plan provides for average investment of US$ 44.8 billion per year.
Brazilian exports totalled US$ 4.075 billion and imports, US$ 3.269 billion in the third week of the month.
The Brazilian economy’s rate of growth should be 7.06% this year, according to financial analysts’ projections. This is the 14th consecutive month of increase in the estimate.
The Arab logistics multinational is the controller of Itatrans, in the same sector. The deal was closed in December 2009 and the integration process is still in progress.
An agreement signed by Apex and Abimaq provides for US$ 9 million investment in 45 actions in 12 priority markets. The objective is to turn around the scenario of declining foreign sales.
