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With their eye on the potential of this market, the French airline has a program called Petroleum Club, which provides a series of privileges to those who work in the sector or work for oil companies. The advantages are offered when these passengers travel to destinations included in the club. Among them are two Brazilian cities and seven Arab ones. In Brazil, Petroleum Club has 503 members.
The strategy is participation in sector fairs in the region, where the company has partnerships with local representatives. Apart from producing glasses, wine glasses, plates, teacups and other articles for household use, the company also operates in the sector of glass packages for industrial use. In the company export portfolio are clients in 120 countries. Among them Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian shrimp are subject to a 10.4% surcharge on exports to the United States, in compliance with a decision by the US Department of Commerce. American fishermen were originally asking for a surcharge of approximately 60%. According to the Minister of the Special Secretariat of Aquiculture and Fishing, José Fritsch, despite
The industrial bread factory based in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, started producing products with greater added value and with a longer shelf life so as to start exporting. Since the company started producing a cake, in the beginning of 2004, importers from Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Argentina are constantly getting into contact with the company.
In September, Fibravan, a company from the city of Fortaleza, sold eight cars to a tourism operator in Morocco, in a business deal that may reach 52 units. Another company in the sector, Bugre, from Rio de Janeiro, sold in April eight vehicles in Qatar. "Buggies are like jeans, they never go out of style," says Paulo Cavalcante, director at Bugre.
The company that makes plastic buckets, bowls, clothesbaskets and dustbins exports products to countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa and also to Canada. Up to then the company focus had been the American countries. "Next year we are going to invest in the Arab market," stated the company export manager, Hilmar Sell. Participation in fair House & Home Tech Exhibition will be the first step to start selling to the region.
The company is the largest paper and cards for packaging manufacturer in Brazil and recently announced their plans to invest US$ 1 billion in order to increase their production capacity from the current 1.5 million tonnes per year to 2 million tonnes in 2007. One of the aims is to amplify the exports participation in revenues.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The government had a November primary account surplus of US$2.542 billion (R$ 6.857 billion). The surplus target for the month was US$1.853 billion (R$5 billion). The primary account does not take into consideration interest payments on government debt. According to the Central Bank, everybody had a surplus in November. The federal
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Embraer announced today (22) the delivery of an aeroplane Embraer 170 with 76 seats to the German company Cirrus Airlines. The order was made in September last year. According to information from the Brazilian company, Cirrus is the third European company to operate the model; the two previous ones
