The balance is due to exports of US$ 8.768 billion and imports of US$ 8.033 billion in the three weeks of February.
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Brazil, together with China and India, stood out in the number of acquisitions and sales of makers of consumer products in late 2009. On the Brazilian market there were eight transactions.
Sales of the product should reach 1.145 billion litres in Brazil, according to the Abrafati, the sector association. Areas like the auto industry should boost the trade.
Brazil purchased 1.9 million tonnes of products, equivalent to US$ 2.2 billion. The main imports were inputs like fertilizers and thermoplastic resin.
However, In the accumulated result from January to last Friday, the result is US$ 1.6 billion positive, against a negative balance of US$ 1.992 billion in the same period last year.
Of the 181,400 work posts created in Brazil, the sector answered to almost 69,000. The service and civil construction areas also played significant roles.
The program, for web broadcast every fortnight, is a new tool for the organisation to boost communication between Arabs and Brazilians. It should cover themes like tourism, economics and business.
The Focus bulletin, disclosed today by the Central Bank, shows that professionals in the financial market estimate economic growth of 5.47% this year.
A non-governmental organization named Artest works to take handicraft from the southern Brazilian state abroad. The items have reached 30 different countries and clients include seven Arab nations.
Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 104.41 million. Volume-wise, shipments increased by 21% in comparison with the same month of 2009.
Shopping centres obtained 71 billion reals (US$ 38.3 billion) in revenues from sales in Brazil last year. There was growth of 9% over 2008 and 16 new units were inaugurated.
In the state of Acre, wheat middling is replaced with cassava or rice for cooking kibbeh. The food is named ‘quebe’ and is successful in the region, which has a strong presence of Arab immigrants.
The industry’s revenues from foreign trade remained stable in January compared with the same month of 2009, but grew 28.8% in terms of volume. Exports totalled 17.5 million pairs.
Exports from Brazil to the League of Arab States rose 25.6% in January, as against the same month in 2009, after having dropped for some months last year. The tendency for 2010 is for growth.
