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Foreign sales of the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais reached US$ 1.6 billion in April, growth of 26.2% over the same month in 2007. In the accumulated result for the year, the state had revenues of US$ 6.2 billion with exports.
Tatiana Arrigoni sells her costume jewellery in Europe, the United States and also in the Arab countries. Harvey Nichols in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is one of the stores that commercialises her items. Tatiana traded art editing for goldsmithing, and now she is an award-winning designer.
According to António Mexia, the chairman at Portuguese energy company EDP, which owns Brazilian enterprise Energias do Brasil, talks are in progress with the Algerian Sonatrach and Brazilian partners for the construction of liquefied gas terminals in the South American country.
A report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean shows that foreign direct investment in the region totalled US$ 106 billion in 2007, a record value. The growth of local economies and the global demand for raw materials were the main boosters for the increase. Brazil received US$ 34.6 billion.
Agência CNI* Curitiba – Industrial sales in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná posted growth of 17.03% in the first quarter this year compared with the same period of last year. It was the best quarterly result since 1986, according to the analysis of the Economy Department at the Federation of Industries of the State
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Retail trade in the metropolitan region of São Paulo (SE Brazil) recorded sales 6.1% greater in March this year than in the same month of 2007, according to the Conjunctural Survey of Retail (PCCV), conducted by the Federation of Commerce of the State of São Paulo (Fecomercio). During the
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Retail trade in the metropolitan region of São Paulo (SE Brazil) recorded sales 6.1% greater in March this year than in the same month of 2007, according to the Conjunctural Survey of Retail (PCCV), conducted by the Federation of Commerce of the State of São Paulo (Fecomercio). During the
Industry in the country posted 7.6% higher revenues in the first quarter of this year in comparison with the same period last year. The sectors that collaborated most for the performance were vehicles, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment and electronic and communications material.
Vanessa Gomes is going to talk about Brazilian efforts in the field of sustainable buildings during The Hotel Show, a hospitality sector fair to be held next month in Dubai. The initiative is from the Arab Brazilian Chamber, which, for the first time, is taking a professional to give a talk in the seminar held in the sidelines of the exhibition.
