The topic was discussed on Thursday (19), in Brazilian capital Brasília, by the presidents of the three countries. The pipeline should have a length of around 10,000 kilometres, has an estimated cost of between US$ 17 billion and US$ 25 billion and will take six years to be built.
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Embraer, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, announced today (19) the sales of five jets ERJ 145 to China Eastern Airlines Wuhan. The aeroplanes, with capacity for taking 50 passengers each, will be delivered between November this year and June next year by Harbin Embraer, joint venture between the Brazilian company and
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian leather exports grew 8% last year, when compared to 2004. The increase was from US$ 1.29 billion to US$ 1.40 billion, according to the Confederation of Brazilian Hides and Skins Industries (CICB). In the month of December alone sales generated US$ 131.9 million, a value 16% greater than
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The minister for the cities of Brazil, Márcio Fortes, stated that 2005 was a year in which the federal government of Brazil turned record funds to habitation. In an interview to magazine Revista Brasil yesterday (17), the minister stated that adding the values invested by the federal government, the Federal Savings
Agência Brasil Brasília – The foreign trade surplus for the first ten days of January stands at US$ 1.280 billion, with exports at US$4.192 billion and imports at US$2.912 billion. The numbers are from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, which reports that during the second week of January exports were down 2.63%,
Clothes and garments for babies made by producer Torcida Baby – Baby Fan, from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, with the colours and logos of Brazilian football teams, may reach the market in the United Arab Emirates this year. The company was invited to exhibit its products in the office set up by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), in Dubai. The company is licensed by 17 of the main teams in the country and already exports to Germany, France and Italy.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The ports in Brazil were responsible for shipping 81% of Brazilian exports to the international market last year, according to information from the communications advisory at the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Of the US$ 118 billion sold by the country to the external market in 2005,
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Aracruz Celulose began yesterday (12) a plan for modernization of their unit in the city of Guaíba, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. State governor Germano Rigotto accompanied the inauguration of the works. The company is going to begin another enterprise in the country, in
In the last five years, industry was only behind agriculture and livestock in the creation of work posts outside the capitals. According to studies published on Thursday (12) by the National Service of Industrial Education (Senai), of the over 1 million openings offered by industry in the period, 76% were outside the main metropolitan regions in the country.
This estimate is by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and is based on the growth forecasted for the world economy in 2006, on the increase of prices of commodities like coffee and sugar, exported by Brazil to the Arabs, and on the delivery of aircraft that Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer will make to Saudi Arabian Airlines. This year, the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce should invest in the promotion of manufactured and civil construction sector products.
