The sector’s association is expecting over USD 13 million in orders in the Arab Health and MedLab fairs scheduled between the end of January and beginning of February in the United Arab Emirates.
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The bank forecasts a 2.7% growth in 2017 against 2.3% in 2016. In Brazil, the recession is likely to end, and the Arab countries are expected to post a stronger performance.
According to the sector’s association, the goal is to prevent against an outbreak of bird flu. Last week, Chile reported an outbreak of the disease.
The National Supply Company (Conab) expects a 15% growth in production. And the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) forecasts a record crop.
The Brazilian food-processing company joins the sovereign wealth fund of the Gulf country to acquire Banvit, the largest Turkish poultry company. The company’s enterprise value is USD 470 million.
Camilo Santana will visit the Port of Sohar, in Oman, and a desalination plant at the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai. The purpose of the trip is to get to know operations that could be adopted by the Brazilian state.
The organization registered 16,800 new companies last year, bringing the total number of members to 201,000.
Exports went up 7.5% and imports increased 8.5% in the year’s first week, according to data made available by the Brazilian government.
According to consulting firm Serasa Experian, number of consumers in stores throughout Brazil fell 6.6% over 2015.
This week’s Focus Bulletin forecasts the IPCA, the inflation rate index, to reach 4.81% in 2017, against 4.87% last week. Forecasts for the benchmark interest rates and GDP remained the same.
The Arab country is seeking buyers interested in visiting the fair Cairo Interleather from March 2 to 5 in the capital. The selected business owners will have expenses with lodging and air tickets covered.
Packaging developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) in partnership with other institutes contributes to avoid waste in domestic and international shipping.
According to UN survey, 71% of refugee families live below the poverty line.
The Arab country will be one of the countries to receive greater attention in the 2017-2018 period by the program, a partnership between the sector’s association, Abicalçados, and Apex-Brasil.

