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With only a few days before the end of the month, the trade balance result was favourable to Brazil in more than US$ 3 billion, against 2.1 billion in January and US$ 2.7 billion in February.
Da Life, a small producer of cosmetics made from plant extracts, based in the city of Goiânia (in the midwestern Brazilian state of Goiás), wants to win the Arab market in 2005. The company line includes perfumes, soaps, shampoos, conditioners, body creams, gels and sun block creams. The formulas are developed and manipulated by the company itself, which produces around 30 tonnes of products per month.
Total exports by Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay were the greatest ever reached since the formation of the bloc in 1991. The trade result between the four countries was also historic: US$ 17 billion. According to the Mercosur Secretariat director, Reginaldo Braga Arcuri, the bloc managed to take advantage of a moment of macroeconomic stabilization.
Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that the program to foster biodiesel production in Brazil will have the logistic support of Petrobras, the state owned oil company, in order to ensure product distribution within Brazilian territory, which, according to Lula, is the main challenge for program success. "It is our
The technology was developed by the company Magneti Marelli and is part of the project to create a vehicle that may be fuelled throughout the Mercosur. The cars powered by four fuels work with petrol, alcohol, natural gas and naphtha. The alcohol is popular in Brazil, the gas in Bolivia and naphtha in Argentina.
Multinationals in the car sector have started using Brazil as an export platform not only to Latin America, but also to countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. Sales of cars, buses and cargo vehicles to the Arab world totalled US$ 150.2 million in 2004.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian exports have yielded US$ 21.015 billion between the beginning of the year and last week, where imports added up to US$ 13.924 billion, which resulted in a surplus of US$ 7.091 billion for Brazil. In the third week of March, the surplus registered was of US$ 683 million,
The Brazilian aeroplane manufacturer had net sales of US$ 3.440 billion and net income of US$ 380.2 million. In all, the company delivered 148 commercial and executive aircrafts. The great highlight was the Embraer 170, jet that can carry 70 passengers. The company has a portfolio with firm orders evaluated in US$ 10.1 billion.
