The advance was 0.75% over May and 0.99% over the same month in 2011. In the second quarter as a whole there was growth of 0.38% over the first three months of the year.

The combined returns of 316 Brazilian enterprises reached US$ 13.3 billion in quarter two, as against US$ 25.1 billion in quarter two last year. Only 10 out of 24 sectors surveyed saw profits rise.

Products by the company Jomar Botões are slowly gaining space in foreign markets. The company first exported to Chile, and now is selling to the United States as well.

Christine Lagarde will arrive in Cairo next week. According to the institution, the reason for the visit is the ‘support’ the Fund has provided to the country during the transition process.

Menina Rio exports girls’ shoes to two distributors in the country.The company manufactures leather boots, sandals and flats for children and youth aged seven to 14.