Companies Sphinx Glass and Cairo Glass have stands at the Glass South America, trade show of glass technology held until May 24th in São Paulo. Arab countries are among Brazil’s main suppliers.
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The country has lost three positions in a global ranking of competitive countries, and stands at 54th out of 60 countries surveyed. The main contributing factor was reduced efficiency of enterprises.
There were a total of 11.7 million registered workers in the private sector in April, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
International donors have pledged, at a meeting at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, to provide relief in order to prevent the crisis in the country from deteriorating even further.
The result is from the month of May until the 13th. Since January, however, the balance between the Brazilian dollar inflow and outflow is positive by US$ 3.4 billion.
Keeping track of finances is crucial when it comes to raising funds from banks or on the equity market, according to FGV professor Claudio Jorge Monteiro, who gave a lecture at the Arab Chamber on Tuesday (20th).
The Sultan Center is hosting the Brazilian Week from June 3rd to 16th. The event will highlight food products and will include tastings. The event is sponsored by the Arab Chamber and the Apex.
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claims the country’s economy should see strong growth in years to come, as a result of major public and private investment.
Conference will be held on June 3rd and 4th in Lisbon. Tourism, infrastructure, small business, agriculture and foodstuff are the main highlights.
Contract signed by Brazil’s state-owned aircraft maker and Air Force concerns the government’s purchase of 28 KC-390 military aircraft. President Rousseff and São Paulo state governor Alckmin attended the inauguration of a hangar.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the nominal growth of the sector was 6.8% in March over the same month in 2013.
Sales from Brazil declined year-to-date through April this year from the same period in 2013, to US$ 4 billion. Good news include higher shipped volume for meats year-to-date and for ore in April.
Watch in this episode: A campaign raised more than R$ 100,000 for Palestinian refugees; an exhibition about Oman at the Copacabana Palace hotel; the agribusiness fair Cotrijal 2014; and a visit to Salvador, Bahia.
In the third week of May, exports surpassed imports by US$ 563 million. In the first and second week, gains were US$ 226 million. Year-to-date, however, the result shows a deficit of US$ 4.777 billion.
