The Brazilian off-road vehicle manufacturer introduced its Pantanal pickup truck and established the Troller Soluções division, designed to provide customized versions of its products for companies and government agencies.
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Mining company Vale do Rio Doce announced today (24) the purchase of 75.66% of the capital of Canadian mining company Inco. A total of 174,623,019 common shares were purchased for 86,00 Canadian dollars each, totalling over 15 billion Canadian dollars, or US$ 13.3 billion. With the purchase of Inco,
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian exports totalled US$ 2.877 billion last week, presenting growth of 19.42% when compared to sales in the previous week, whereas imports reached US$ 2.307 billion, generating a surplus of US$ 570 million. The figures were disclosed today (23) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. But purchases of
Omar Nasser, from Fiep* Curitiba – The cargo throughput in the ports of Paranaguá and Antonina (in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná), from January to the first fortnight of October grew 6.51% when compared to the same period last year. The total throughput was 26.14 million tonnes of products, against 24.54 million tonnes last
In one year, Madeireira Uliana, a company that makes doors in the city of Tietê, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, increased exports to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates by 30%. One of the great differentials to win the Arabs was the technology employed in the drying.
Industry is the main economic activity of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, represents 49% of the economy and is very diversified. The state is also the main exporter of poultry and the main producer of a series of other agricultural products. The Arabs are going to learn a little more about this potential at the end of the month, when a trade delegate from the state will visit three countries in the Gulf.
Industry is the main economic activity of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, represents 49% of the economy and is very diversified. The state is also the main exporter of poultry and the main producer of a series of other agricultural products. The Arabs are going to learn a little more about this potential at the end of the month, when a trade delegate from the state will visit three countries in the Gulf.
Furniture shop Jacaré do Brasil arrived in Barcelona prepared to show the world the furniture and objects made in the interior of the South American country. The products are rustic, simple, found in country houses and farmhouses, and are already exported to Portugal, Spain and Italy. Now, the company wants to make the Spanish subsidiary into a window to the rest of the world, including the Arabs.
Mahindra is one more multinational in the sector that is going to operate in the country. The Indian company is going to operate in partnership with the Brazilian factory Bramont, which is investing R$ 30 million (US$ 14 million at current exchange rates) in the business. The enterprise will produce pick-up trucks and utility vehicles. After consolidation on the domestic market, operations in the country may become an export platform.
The country has research and development centres established by various multinationals in the sector, like Fiat, Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford. They develop cars that are produced here and abroad, as well as prototypes that are going to influence the industry in future.
With 824 companies, the Nova Serrana hub wants to increase from 3% to 10% the percentage of produce exported. In this sense, the region is receiving a buyer project promoted by the Brazilian Association of Shoe Manufacturers (Abicalçados) and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex). Since Monday, importers from various countries are participating in business roundtables with the businessmen from the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
This information is in the Unctad World Investment Report. The volume of funds invested in the region in 2005 reached US$ 34 billion, an increase of 85% when compared to the previous year. The global flow grew 29% in the same period.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Industrial production in Brazil in the month of August grew in nine regions, among the 14 researched every month by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The states that presented greatest growth, in comparison to July, were Bahia (NE Brazil, 3.2%), Goiás (in the Midwest, 2.1%), Minas
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian exports totalled US$ 3.114 billion in the first week of October, reduction of 8.92% when compared to foreign sales in the previous week. Imports also fell 4.52% and totalled US$ 1.985 billion. With this, the trade balance surplus in the week totalled US$ 1.129 billion. The accumulated trade balance in
