From the Newsroom São Paulo – The number of jobs generated by Brazilian industry has increased for the fourth consecutive month. Positions available went up 0,7% in April as against March of this year, figures supplied by the National Confederation of Industries (CNI), which holds the study monthly. Three thousand companies from 12 Brazilian states were
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The medical product event ended on Friday with a total of 74,000 visitors, among them 1,393 importers from 45 countries.
A total of 100 units of the Saveiro pickup have recently been shipped to Abu Dhabi, opening the 10th new market for the company in less than one year. Six of them are Arab countries.
The value identified in the first five months of 2004 has already exceeded half the entire revenues registered last year. The increase in trade with the countries visited by president Lula, among them the Arabs, was one of the main points of the ministerial meeting that took place on Friday, in Brazilian capital Brasília.
Agência Brasil Brasília – On Wednesday (02), at the opening of the International Conference on Environmental Auditing, brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva affirmed that Brazil at this moment is experiencing "a transition to development." Lula was referring to the speed with which his government is opening foreign markets with great potential demand, and he
On the first day of the fair, Frigorifico Minerva signed orders for export of US$ 1.4 million in cattle beef. Sermáquinas Industriais sold two sets of equipment for chip production, for US$ 200,000. Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, visited the Brazilian stand and stated that it was a pleasure to receive representatives from Brazil at the fair.
In total, the company has ordered five ERJ 145 jets. Yesterday the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) announced US$ 220.8 million for the financing of export by the Brazilian aircraft maker.
Sales to the Middle East, for example, rose over 50% in May, in comparison to the same month last year. This percentage was above the 24% growth registered in total foreign trade. In the first five months of the year, the Brazilian trade balance registered a historic surplus of US$ 11.2 billion.
Export in the month totalled US$ 7.941 billion and the Brazilian surplus totalled US$ 3.118 billion. In the year, foreign trade has already brought US$ 33.979 billion to the country.
In the first four months of the year, shipping to the Arab country generated US$ 12.2 million, against US$ 8 million registered in the same period in 2003. Egypt is also included in the list of 50 largest buyers.
Specialized in the construction of tugs and medium vessels, shipyard Wilson, Sons wants to produce support and supply vessels for maritime platforms. The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is going to finance the project with the investment of US$ 1.9 million, 85% of the total necessary.
