Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Tomorrow will host a seminar on asylum and an exhibit on climate change-driven displacements. Many other events will happen starting this weekend, with the UNHCR as a partner.
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The organization based in the Jordanian capital recorded USD 2.2 billion worth of foreign sales registered from January to May this year.
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) welcomed the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) after the latter’s merger with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, creating the 5th biggest company of its kind in the world.
The Low-Carbon Agriculture Program will make USD 693 million worth of financing available for planting, improvement and maintenance of cocoa crops.
The month-on-month increase came after a 2.6% drop in March from February, according to a survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Foreign sales reached USD 441 million from January to May this year. Shipped volume also went up. Sales to Arab countries went down.
Sales from Brazil to the region fetched USD 689 million in May. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are some of the leading buyers of Brazilian agriculture and livestock products.
The volume increased in April from March after dropping for two straight months. Nominal revenue climbed by 1.3% month-on-month.
Brazilian banks polled by the Ministry of Finance estimate that the so-called Central Government will run a BRL 142 billion deficit this year. As of May, a BRL 148 billion deficit was expected.
A startup from Minas Gerais, Brazil, was chosen for a technology competition last month in the UAE. The company assists with bitcoin-based international cash transfers to natural persons.
The Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Development Bank of Latin America this Monday (12).
The country ran a USD 2.67 billion deficit from January to May, up 26% from the comparable period in 2016.
qThe Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services reported that exports reached USD 6.411 billion and imports reached USD 4.182 billion in the first two weeks of June.
The Brazilian Central Bank’s Focus Bulletin, a poll of financial institutions regarding the economy, shows that the annual inflation expectation dropped to 3.71% and the GDP growth forecast eased to 0.41%.
