Imports amounted to US$ 4.337 billion during the same period, resulting in a trade surplus of US$ 761 million.
The deputy managing director at the IMF, Nemat Shafik, stated that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa must generate more jobs, reduce deficits and seek growth of their economies.
Analysts expect the Brazilian economy to grow by 3.09% in 2012. The estimate is lower than the previous one, which was 3.2%.
Despite exchange rates, with each dollar selling for R$ 2, economists heard by ANBA believe that Brazil will not repeal mechanisms of recent months to contain appreciation of the Brazilian currency.
A study by consultancy company Hays shows that South America is attractive to sector professionals from other countries. Brazil pays them an average of US$ 106,700 a year.
A contest promoted by the UNHCR will award the best Brazilian scientific works on refugees. Currently, approximately 4,500 people in these conditions live in the country, of which 10% are Arabs.
An exhibition by artist Cristiane Carbone, in the Syrian Arab Cultural Centre, shows São Paulo and Arab architecture in the city. The opening is on the 24th of May, with a music and poetry show.
The 11th edition of Gitex will take place from May 21st to 24th in Riyadh. The event will feature telecommunications, systems, digital imaging, automation and consulting enterprises, among others.
The institution granted US$ 38 million for the country to rehabilitate roads leading to rural areas with strong production potential.
National agroecology policy will aim to increase to 300,000 the number of families involved in organic food production in Brazil by 2014.
In the FAO convention in Rome, countries in the Middle East and North Africa called for help from the institution to reduce food losses by half and guarantee food safety.
Economic activity was up 0.15% in quarter one compared with last quarter of 2011, but down 0.23% compared with the same period of last year. Government maintains 4.5% 2012 GDP growth projection.
The fair should take place from May 22 to 25 and receive importers from 18 countries, including representatives of six nations in the Middle East and North Africa, to participate in roundtables.
That was the number of positions opened in the country in April, according to the Ministry of Labour. There was a 20% decline over the same period of 2011.
