Brazilian network Mundo Verde ("Green World"), which sells natural products – such as whole foods, dietetics and cosmetics – and esoteric items, such as incenses and meditation CDs, opened its first international store this year, in Luanda, Angola. Now, they are preparing to open new gateways in Portugal and in the United Arab Emirates.
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Agência Brasil* Brasília – The trade balance result this year registered a surplus of US$ 4.203 billion in the month of April, an increase of 25.20% over the result of the previous year and 35.67% over the same month last year. This was the best monthly balance in the year, and was the result of
The cooperatives from the state exported US$ 25 million to the Arab nations in the first quarter of this year. They answered to 40% of the total sold to the region by the sector in the country. To guarantee success, they are modernizing and expanding production, having invested R$ 790 million (US$ 388 million) last year.
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, will participate, beginning today, in a congress of Arab Chambers. The meeting to be held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, will serve as a forum to discuss the operation of the organisations and the rise in relations between Arab and non-Arab businessmen.
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, will participate, beginning today, in a congress of Arab Chambers. The meeting to be held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, will serve as a forum to discuss the operation of the organisations and the rise in relations between Arab and non-Arab businessmen.
This is the largest amount ever invested in a single unit belonging to state-owned Brazilian company Petrobras. The oil company will implement 19 projects in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná by 2011. The resources will be applied in the production of coke, petrol and diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, propylene e hexane.
The region has been putting effort into developing new types of production, other than petroleum, and Brazil should contribute to that process by installing local industrial bases, according to the director at the Eclac, João Carlos Ferraz, who gave a lecture at the 2nd Brazilian Congress of Innovation in Industry, which ended yesterday in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo.
Agência Brasil* Santiago – Chile, to where Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will travel tomorrow (25), ranks among the ten major trade partners of Brazil. It is the seventh largest destination for Brazilian exports, and the eight largest imports source. From 2002 to 2006, the trade flow between the two countries more than
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Today (23), at the Hilton Hotel, in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, the 2nd Brazilian Congress for Industrial Innovation will kick off. Promoted by the National Confederation of Industries (CNI), the meeting will showcase advances in the segment, and discuss new pathways for growth and innovation. The
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian exports last week totalled US$ 3.038 billion, a 4% increase compared with sales during the previous week. In the same period, from April 16th to 20th, imports reached US$ 1.8 billion, a 10.76% decrease over purchases from April 9th to 13th, as shown by the bulletin of the Ministry of Development,
Brazilian president Lula said yesterday (19) that he is negotiating to import natural gas from markets other than Bolivia. Prospects include Libya and Algeria, according to an article published in newspaper O Globo. The government should send representatives of Petrobras to those countries in order to negotiate the possibility of being supplied with gas.
