Sales of the commodity to the region dropped 18% in revenues, but rose 4% in volume. The product lived a year of low prices due to retracted global demand.
The company transferred its 25% share in exploration of a bloc in Espírito Santo to Statoil.
A document signed in 2010 with Palestine forecasts partnerships in areas like urbanisation, communications and even agriculture. With Algeria, the 2009 agreement forecasts cultural cooperation.
The shoe sector fair that takes place in January expects to receive buyers from 60 countries. It is a point of sale to foreign retailers and answers to 35% of the sector turnover throughout the year.
The country has lost ground to the United Kingdom, which it had passed in 2012. A forecast by a British institute is that Brazil should overtake the UK again, as well as France and Germany, by 2022.
At a recent meeting with local authorities, technicians of the International Monetary Fund praised measures adopted in the economy and stated that the flow of Syrian refugees is a challenge.
A research shows that agencies and travel operators from the country expect 26.8% greater turnover in the 2012/2013 season. Almost half of the demand should come from international destinations.
The index measured by Getúlio Vargas Foundation, grew in December, climbing from 105.2 points in November to 106.4 points in December.
PUC-Goiás and Saint-Esprit de Kaslik University signed an agreement this year and plan joint activities for 2013. Among them are exchange of professors and promotion of a congress.
Casa do Saber is offering the course ‘Middle East: Culture, Politics and Society’ from January 16 to March 6. The classes will be administered by the historian Sidney Ferreira Leite.
A US$ 40 million project will cover 21,000 square metres in the city of Marrakech. The complex will include a hospital, a hotel, residential apartments, gardens, and a pool.
The country raised US$ 1 billion in a bond issue and swapped the amount for euros, in an operation carried out with the World Bank.
Exports by the enterprises in the Brazilian Furniture project have increased by 9% from January to November. Sales to the Arab country have increased above average: 41%.
The multilateral organizations will not charge US$ 176 million because the country has achieved the completion point in a program for highly indebted poor nations.
