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Marina Sarruf, special envoy* Brasilia – The Sudanese minister of Foreign Relations, Mustafa Osman Isamil, will sign today an agreement for scientific and technological cooperation with the Itamaraty, the Brazilian foreign office. The statement was made yesterday in a meeting with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) president, Antonio Sarkis Jr., parallel to the

Even in small cities in Brazil, there are businessmen eying the business potential in the Arab market. The mayor of the city of Quixadá, in the northeastern state of Ceará, wants to attract Arab investments for a pilot project of a slaughterhouse, a workforce training centre, a genetic bank and a technical assistance programme for the local cattle breeders. The businessman Waldecy de Oliveira, from the state of Rondônia, wishes to export guaraná, urucum and Nim Indiano, a tree whose leaves are u

Isaura Daniel, special envoy* Brasília – The sale of agricultural and livestock products, like beef, is one of the main interests of Paraguay in the agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Mercosur, the customs union between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, to be signed during the summit. According to Leila Rachid de

On the market for little over one year, small games producer Délirus Entertainment, based in the city of Campinas, has already established a partnership with European company Minick AG. Since then, three games for cellular phones developed by the company are being distributed to large operators like Orange, in Switzerland.

The daily sales average was US$ 460 million, the largest value in the country history. Exports reached US$ 6.8 billion and imports US$ 3.8 billion. The Foreign Trade secretary, Ivan Ramalho, believes that Brazil may reach monthly sales of US$ 10 billion in the near future.