The volume shipped grew 3.3% and revenues rose 15.9% in comparison with the same period in 2012. In the accumulated result for the year, the shipments dropped, but revenues have grown.
The Lebanese writer, who was born and lives in Santa Catarina, is publishing his most famous book, Nur na Escuridão, in Arabic. The story is inspired on immigration of his own family to Brazil.
The sector posted US$ million in revenues in 2012. The market comprises 2,426 brands and 104,543 units.
In January and February, 428,700 units were sold in Brazil, up 10% from the same period last year.
The Fund’s deputy managing director met with government officials to assess the economic scenario in the country, which was loaned US$ 2 billion in 2012.
Representatives of companies from Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates visited Expodireto Cotrijal, in Rio Grande do Sul, seeking agricultural machinery and suppliers of food.
The organisation has a stand at the 12th Medibat, a building sector fair that began on Wednesday, in Sfax, Tunisia. Expectations are to prospect business for the sector in the region.
Arab Brazilian Chamber officials had meetings with Tunisian authorities this Tuesday in Tunis. The country wants to encourage the sale of its products on the Brazilian market.
In 2012 there was growth of 9.48% over the previous year. In the period, 92 million passengers travelled on domestic flights and 9 million on international ones.
A total of 222,000 units were sold in Brazil in February as against 297,000 in January, according to the National Federation of Motor Vehicle Distributors.
Mayor Fernando Haddad says that São Paulo is going to benefit from the event as new infrastructure will be developed for it in a needy area of the city. Dubai is also interested.
Michel Alaby, CEO at the organisation, gave a talk at Expodireto Cotrijal, an agricultural fair in Brazil. The institution participates in the event, which has Arab visitors, for the first time.
The organisation, alongside the African Development Bank and the World Bank, should help the country create a new public-private partnership law and a new investment code.
A research by the National Confederation of Industries shows that the participation of imported consumer goods was 21.6% last year.
