Foreign sales fostering project Brazilian Furniture targets nine countries, including the Emirates. Shipments saw a slight decline in quarter one.
The Brazilian food company posted US$ 1.54 billion in export revenues in quarter one. The Middle East is the main target market, with over US$ 499 million in imports.
Exchange rate variations increased the revenues to R$ 2.2 billion (US$ 1.1 billion), R$ 113 million (US$ 57 million) up from the same period last year. The company received greater orders of light and defence aircraft.
The country’s export and investment promotion agency was among the winners of the United Nations (UN) award. Organisations from Jamaica and Latvia also won.
The agreement signed by Brazil’s manufacturing company with the US-based airline includes a purchase option for another 40 units, in a deal that may amount to US$ 2.9 billion.
So said United Nations Development Programme delegate Jorge Chediek, following the release of a study on the new Brazilian middle class.
Over 20 representatives of Arab nations are participating in a course organized by the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation to present the country to the foreigners. Somalia and Yemen mull opening embassies in Brazil.
The food will be sent to the United Nations (UN), which cares for Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories and other countries. The announcement was made on Sunday, by governor Tarso Genro, who is in the region.
The Centre-South of Brazil should harvest 589.6 million tonnes of sugarcane in the next crop, according to forecasts by the sector association. The previous crop totalled 532.7 million tonnes.
The Verde- Amarela Fair will take place on May 17th and 18th, in Dubai Marina, and should show products and services offered by Brazilians that live in the emirate.
A study forecasts an increase in passenger flow due to the strategic location of airports in the region. By 2015, Dubai’s terminal should be the world’s busiest.
The international Airport of São Paulo, in the Guarulhos municipality, received 2.872 million passengers in March. Year-to-date through March, throughput was up 5%.
The investment meeting should take place from May 6th to 9th, in Tangiers. The objective is to strengthen economic and trade relations between Morocco and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The number of foreign request for asylum in Brazil rose from 566 to 2,008 in three years. They are mainly immigrants from Angola, Colombia, the Congo, Iraq, Liberia and Syria.
