To corporate associations, isolated cases cannot ‘contaminate’ the industry’s image as a whole. President Michel Temer says that operation Carne Fraca is investigating only 21 slaughterhouses out of 4,800.
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Last week saw the country run a USD 1.437 billion surplus, the result of USD 4.262 billion worth of goods exported and USD 2.825 billion in imports.
The launching, to be made from the French Guiana, was scheduled for Tuesday, but it was later shifted. It will be the first Brazilian geostationary satellite for civil and military purposes.
A poll of Brazilian banks shows the price increase estimate for the country this year slashed for the second time in a row, this time from 4.19% to 4.15%.
The Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil (Fambras) reported a 12% increase last year. For the federation’s president, Mohamed El Zoghbi, there’s a continuous demand for Brazilian products in the Arab countries.
Three professionals from the Ministry of Agriculture should be assigned to promote agribusiness in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco. They will also work in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Algeria.
The funds will be supplied by the World Bank for the funding of projects involving forests, free-range areas and farming lands in the Northwest and Midwest of the country.
Inflation as measured by the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) declined in most of the seven capitals surveyed among the first and second week of March.
That should be the Gross Production Value in Brazil this year. The calculation is based on the average price paid to producers.
Five natives of Syria living in Brazil under refugee status are selling items at the exhibition taking place until Sunday at mall Shopping Center 3. They’re offering perfumes, purses, T-shirts, decoration items, etc.
The countries signed a visa waiver agreement for tourism, business and in-transit travellers. The measure is pending approval from Brazil’s National Congress. Michel Temer welcomed Foreign Minister Nahyan.
For the first time since April 2015, the number of workers hired surpassed that of workers dismissed in February this year. The job surplus was 35,612.
The assessment was made by the IMF. After growing 2% in 2016, the country’s economy should see modest growth driven by a rebound in exports, tourism and remittances from abroad.
The Brazilian government will collect USD 1.17 billion as a result of airport concessions in Fortaleza, Salvador, Florianópolis and Porto alegre.

