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The volume of funds reached US$ 209.6 billion last Thursday, the highest level ever, according to the Central Bank of Brazil.
A total of 300,000 formal job positions were created in the country in the first half this year. The sector that contributed the most was agriculture, followed by services.
Businessman Saleh Al Anezi, who has three stores in the Arab country, ordered over 2,000 pairs of men’s and women’s shoes during the fair. According to him, the orders are only the beginning.
Aside from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Emirates, Algeria and Morocco, other countries in the region, such as Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, are establishing themselves as large importers of Brazilian products.
The Oil and Gas arm of the Brazilian company found oil off the coast of Angola, in Africa. The discovery took place at the Chissonga-1 well, at a depth of 4,725 metres.
Unusual materials and a wide range of colours characterize the style of purse brand Orange, which already exports to Norway, Spain and France. Now, the owner of the brand wants to reach Dubai.
The countries are part of a group created by the World Health Organization to provide a reference in expansion of services in the field. Brazil reduced its hospital beds and increased its services.
Shipments from Brazil to Middle East and North Africa totalled US$ 4.3 billion in the first half of this year. The share of the Arab market in Brazilian foreign sales went from 4.56% to 6.15%.
The chairman of the Central Bank of Brazil also said that investment in the country is increasing, and that the country will leave the crisis behind faster than other economies.
The two countries were tied in third in a survey on confidence of small and medium businessmen on the future of their economies. The survey was conducted by the HSBC bank among 12 emerging nations.
Funds shipped by expatriates to their home countries should total US$ 290 billion this year, as against US$ 305 billion in 2008. The reduction is a result of the crisis, according to the World Bank.
Monthal, which owns a lingerie factory in Rio de Janeiro, exports to the United Arab Emirates and wants to increase its sales to the region. The company launched an eco-friendly bamboo fibre line.
The Ministry of Health and the hospital are going to provide training on organ transplant to professionals. The aim is to train doctors from 16 states where few surgeries of the type are done.
