The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pushing to end hunger in the world by 2030. At this time, over 820 million people are plagued with chronic malnutrition.
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The forecast made by financial institutions for the inflation rate in Brazil went from 4.28%, last week’s estimate, to 4.3% this week. It was the third straight increase.
Qatar’s state-owned company acquired the block of Titã, in the Santos basin, in the 5th Production Sharing Round in the Pre-Salt, in a consortium with ExxonMobil. The auction was held this Friday.
Brazil’s biggest seaport, on the São Paulo coast, handled unprecedented amounts of cargo in August and year-to-date through August.
Empresa Brasileira de Terminais e Armazéns Gerais won the public bid for a liquid bulk terminal in Ilha de Barnabé, in the left bank of the port of Santos.
Real estate, construction, manufacturing, domestic services, market research, government sector, media and IT will be the sectors creating the most jobs in the Arab country in 2019, according to industry executives.
The oil company’s president spoke this Thursday on the rise of the company’s shares after a deal with US authorities.
The organization’s new forecast for growth in trade volume in 2018 went from 4.4% to 3.9% in face of the trade war between the United States and China and the volatility in exchange rates.
The Brazilian monetary authority estimates a USD 14.3 billion deficit for Brazil this year. As of June, the forecast was for a USD 11.5 billion deficit.
In 2017, Brazil’s cattle herd and milk output declined, but the number of birds in the poultry industry rose.
Only 5% of households had debt in arrears for over 90 days last August in Brazil, the Brazilian Central Bank reported.
Brazilian foreign sales are concentrated mainly on basic goods, but measures are being taken for finished products to increase their share.
The Arab country’s minister of Economy and Trade Raed Khoury called on Arab Chamber president Rubens Hannun to organize a business mission and explore opportunities in World Bank-funded ventures.
A lecture by Arab Chamber CEO Michel Alaby in Cuiabá was attended by nearly 40 executives interested in exporting to the region.
