Joint venture GB Polo, between Marcopolo and the Egyptian GB Auto, produced 210 buses in the first quarter of this year in the city of Suez. Plans are to export the vehicles from Egypt in 2011.
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The surplus was a result of US$ 4.003 billion in exports and US$ 3.486 billion in imports.
Revenues of micro and small companies in São Paulo increased in the first quarter, compared with the same period of 2009. The information was disclosed by the Micro and Small Business Support Service.
Professional cosmetics developed by the Beox brand, based in São Paulo, will be shipped to Egypt next week. The company is already negotiating with an Egyptian distributor as well.
In comparison with April of last year, however, there was growth. In total, 1.13 million units were manufactured in the first four months of 2010, as against 918,400 in the same period of 2009.
Brazil exported the equivalent of US$ 552 million in the first four months of the year. In April, foreign sales totalled US$ 159 million, representing growth of 98.75%.
The sector posted US$ 9.5 billion in revenues in the first quarter, being US$ 4.1 billion in March alone, the best result ever for the month. Exports, however, dropped by 4.4%.
The surplus was boosted by financial operations, as trade operations generated a deficit. In the accumulated result for the year, the balance is at US$ 5 billion.
The ANBA site received a record number of visits in April, having received 861,200 visitors, as against 707,900 in March. The service inaugurated in 2003 is a reference in Brazilian Internet.
The Brazilian company announced today the purchase of a Legacy 650 by Arab Wings, a charter airline based in the Arab country. The model’s price is nearly US$ 30 million.
Last week, Liatec, with Libyan and Italian capital, put its helicopter assembly and maintenance line in the Arab country into operation.
Tomorrow, the Ministry of Finance is going to present a stimulus package for Brazilian foreign sales. The proposals include tax breaks and the establishment of an Ex-Im-Bank.
The growth is as against March 2009. In the accumulated result for the first quarter of the year, growth was 18.1%. The figures are part of the Industrial Research disclosed today by the IBGE.
The Brazilian trade balance surplus was US$ 1.283 during the month, as a result of US$ 15.161 billion in exports and US$ 13.878 billion in imports.
