Exports from Brazil came out to USD 19.475 billion last month, with imports reaching USD 13.876 billion and resulting in a USD 5.599 billion surplus, an all-time high for the month.
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Brazilian company Feitiços Aromáticos makes items including ambient aromatizers, bathing salts and massage oils. It sets itself apart through sustainability and natural raw materials, and sells to Chile and Portugal.
Roberto Azevêdo’s second four-year term as director-general of the World Trade Organization started this Friday.
The president of Palestine sent a picture by a local artist to the organization on occasion of the launch of its new headquarters. Ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben handed over the artwork to Rubens Hannun.
The country’s economy increased by 0.2% over the year’s first three months and 0.3% over the same period of 2016. Over four quarters, however, there was a decline.
Kazakhstan will host a high-level meeting on September 14 and 15 to discuss safe zones in the Arab country. The intention is to protect the population.
Most of business intelligence company Click Prompt’s clients are in the hospitality industry. Luxury hotels are the preferred target in the Middle East.
The country’s coastal and small-scale fishing produced 742,000 tons from January to July, which amounts to USD 457 million.
The country’s Ministry of Defense is looking to purchase front quarters of cattle and 1 million head of cattle, Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce CEO Michel Alaby said in a lecture at Fiemg.
Jordan ambassador Malek Twal visited the Arab Chamber and expressed his country’s desire to enter into an agreement with the South American bloc. He also talked about plans on holding a Brazil-Jordan economic forum in 2018 in Amman.
Data from the Continuous National Household Sample Survey released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that the country had 13.3 million people unemployed from May to July.
Foreign sales totaled USD 487 million from January to July. According to the sector’s association, shipments are returning to historic levels after two years of decline.
The country lost a dispute at the World Trade Organization regarding subsidy policies for its automotive, telecom and computer industries.
The mayor visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber and presented a project to make the local airport into a halal-only facility, as well as to manufacture halal goods locally. The project will be presented in Dubai.
