The country’s coastal and small-scale fishing produced 742,000 tons from January to July, which amounts to USD 457 million.
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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.
The IMF highlighted the efforts by the Arab country to strengthen the economy after the embargo by neighboring countries. Government is pushing forward the fiscal adjustment and diversifying import sources.
An index from think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas dropped month-on-month, although it remains high, a sign that people aren’t planning to purchase or invest much.
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) figures show there are 207,660,929 residents in the country, a bigger number than last year.
The president of the organization’s Management Council had the auditorium of the new Arab Chamber headquarters, in São Paulo, named after him.
Executives from the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) gave a lecture at the Arab Chamber this Tuesday (29). The goal is to attract companies from Brazil, offering the possibility of separate facilities for the country.
Brazil’s Central Government saw a primary deficit to the tune of BRL 20.1 billion in July. Year-to-date, a BRL 76.3 billion primary deficit was also the widest ever.
The capital gains tax levied on remittances from Brazil to other countries has changed. Instead of a single 15% charge, now there are four different tax brackets.
