Federal District of Brazil leads growth of exports to the Arab countries
Exports rose 1,767% in terms of revenues and reached US$ 12 million. The value is small when compared to the US$ 4 billion that the country exported to the Arabs, but represents 44.5% of total foreign sales of the Federal District, in midwestern Brazil, where country capital Brasília is located. Rio Grande do Sul, in the south, also had important participation in trade with the Arabs, rising from the third to the second position in the list of states that had most revenues with exports to the re