The Egyptian Ashraf Amin El-Waan arrived in Brazil 19 years ago and consolidated himself in the trade of Arab articles with Group El Baraka. The businessman, however, is moving to China and from there is going to help businessmen trade with the East.
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Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance surplus – the difference between exports and imports – reached US$ 882 million in February this year, less than one third of the trade balance surplus in the same period last year (US$ 2.899 billion). The figures were disclosed today (03) by the Ministry of Development, Industry
Agência CNI* Curitiba – Unindus, the corporate university of the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná (FIEP), in partnership with the University of Experience (UEXP), should be admitting students for the Foccus Program up to March 10. The course should begin on March 15. Guided to youths, the program develops human and entrepreneurial
The Brazilian company was in first place in the ranking elaborated by Spanish consultancy company Management & Excellence. It was considered the global reference in ethics and sustainability, considering 387 international indices. Last year, the Brazilian company was in the second place in the research.
Since the airline put into operation its direct flight between São Paulo and Dubai, in October last year, many famous Brazilians, especially in sports, have already used the sevices. These personalities include Milan football players Kaká, Digão, Dida, Cafu, Emerson, Ronaldo and Serginho and swimmer Gustavo Borges.
The Brazilian Association of Packaging is going to study the particularities of the Arab market during this and part of the next year. The objective is to discover what are the kinds of packages best accepted locally to make national products more adequate for the region. Last year, the sector registered total exports of US$ 479 million. The majority went to the countries of the Mercosur, the economic bloc that includes Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Agência Sebrae* Cuiabá – Environmental management at a furniture industry may represent a great benefit to the company and also to the environment. This is the experience of Mauro Feronato, chairman of the Furniture Industry Union of Northern Mato Grosso, and owner of Móveis Amazônia furniture factory, based in the city of Alta Floresta (in
The company produces laminates that serve as raw material for shoes, accessories, garments, upholstered products and decorations. The colours, textures and prints of the spring/summer collection were created based on elements of the Arab country. Inspiration was from the Red Sea to luxurious Egyptian resorts.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The entry of foreign direct investment in the country (funds turned to the productive area of the economy and that generate jobs) registered the largest result for January since the beginning of the Brazilian Central Bank (BC) series, in 1947, reaching US$ 4.814 billion. "It is good quality capital, which comes
Agencia Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance registered an US$ 81 million deficit in the fourth week of February (between the 18th and 24th), according to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, this was the first negative result since the third week of May 2002 (a deficit of US$
Sensória, a maker of artistic cosmetics started exporting last year. The success of the products was so great that there are already eight of the brand shops in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo (all states in SE Brazil). If the deal with the Emirates works out, it will be the first franchise abroad.
