The possibility that the revocations of tariffs, detailed in the Mercosur-Egypt free trade agreement, can be implemented sooner, was discussed in a forum at the Arab Chamber this Friday.
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A delegation from the Arab country is holding a seminar on the Mercosur agreement this Friday in São Paulo. On Thursday evening, the group met with Arab Chamber’s directors.
After a five-and-a-half-year stint in São Paulo, Kabalan Frangieh will assume the post of ambassador in Johannesburg, South Africa. A farewell luncheon was held at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
The agency will work alongside the embassies’ trade offices in the development of sector projects. In a review of 2017, Apex’s president said that Apex-supported companies accounted for 28% of Brazilian exports.
Brazil’s Electrical Energy Research Center (Cepel) launched an Ultra-High Voltage Laboratory in Rio Janeiro. The country is now the second in the world to have a unit of this kind – China’s the first.
Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels has issued a pre-request for proposals and the draft contract for the tender of 70 exploration blocks.
Brazil exported USD 83.4 million worth of footwear, down 0.9% over the same month of last year. The UAE is one of the main markets.
Prices of internationally traded primary products increased in November over October. Year-over-year, prices have climbed 0.84%.
The organization welcomed clerics from the Arab community in São Paulo on Monday at an event to mark the end of the year.
Industrial production climbed year-on-year and hit its highest number since April 2013.
Brazilian medical technology association Abimo and export promotion agency Apex-Brasil have renewed their commercial promotion agreement, with plans including going to four expos in Dubai, as well as having a mission to the region in 2018.
The United Nation’s agencies will need USD 22.5 billion for basic aid to 91 million vulnerable people in 2018.
The financial market expects the economy to grow 0.89% this year, against last week’s forecast of 0.73%. Estimative for 2018 also improved.
The second issue of Projeto Walk features the results of a survey on consumption trends and brands in the Arab city. The project’s creator and researcher Marcos Hiller travelled to the emirate in 2016.
