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Sales from Brazil to the Arab countries totalled US$ 601.2 million last month. In the accumulated value for January to May, they reached US$ 2.6 billion and grew 26.6% over the same months in 2006. The greatest importer, in both periods, was Saudi Arabia.

The market for those two classes of professionals is heated in the Arab country due to the growth in the civil construction sector. The information was supplied to the Brazilian mission in the sector, currently in the Emirates, by a representative of Dubai Properties, a real estate developer that received the group this week in Dubai.

The market for those two classes of professionals is heated in the Arab country due to the growth in the civil construction sector. The information was supplied to the Brazilian mission in the sector, currently in the Emirates, by a representative of Dubai Properties, a real estate developer that received the group this week in Dubai.

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Sales of Renault Brazil grew 33.5% from January to May this year, when compared to the same five months in 2006. The company reached the figure of 25,967 units sold, against 19,454 vehicles in the first five months of 2006. This expansion is greater than the average growth

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian exports have reached US$ 57.9 billion in the first hundred business days of 2007, recorded until the end of the fourth week of May, according to information supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. During this period, imports totalled US$ 41.573 billion, which results

Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras will sell, in the following days, an initial shipment of 20 million litres of ethanol to Nigeria, in Africa. According to a press release, other shipments will take place according to the needs of the programme for implementing ethanol into the Nigerian energy matrix.

Brazilian oil company Petrobras signed last weekend an agreement with Sonatrach that establishes the bases for purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The document opens doors to a possible purchase of Algerian gas by the Brazilian company starting in the second quarter of 2008, when the first Brazilian regasification plant will be ready.

Company Tamarindo Concept places the art of the streets on glasses, cups, ashtrays and other utensils as a way of appreciating and promoting the work of graffiti artists from the city of São Paulo and other cities. The target now is to sell these works of art outside Brazil.

Agência Brasil* Brasília – Specialists in the financial market have started believing in better results in the economy and have made some corrections to their forecasts. According to the Focus Bulletin, disclosed today (28) by the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), the average expectation of hundreds of market analysts heard last Friday (25) is that Brazilian