Measures for support to foreign trade are part of the package presented by the government of Brazil on Tuesday. Among them is a new type of financing to benefit sales through trading companies.
The federal administration announced production fostering measures in Brazil. These include broader tax breaks on companies’ payrolls and lowered Brazilian Development Bank interest rates.
The bank plans to take the Exim Automático program, for export credit, to Africa. For the time being, the line for purchase of Brazilian capital goods is available in countries in Latin America.
Project Lebanon, in the building sector, to take place in Beirut, in June, should include Brazilian participation, in an area of 150 square meters. Enrolment is open at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Projects implemented in Brazil received 28.2 billion reals (US$ 15.4 billion) worth of financing last year. Transport and logistics was the industry with the highest volume of funds.
The figure was the result of US$ 21 billion in exports and US$ 19 billion in imports, according to information supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Hildebrando Tadeu Valladares, the ambassador of Brazil to Doha, was received by prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, of Qatar, with whom he discussed topics of interest to both countries.
Financial market analysts have once again lowered their economic growth estimate, which has gone from 3.23% to 3.2% in 2012.
Short movie ‘A Fábrica’, by Aly Muritiba, was invited to compete with international productions at the Gulf Film Festival. It touches on the routine and feelings of an inmate.
The institution has filed an international patent request in Canada and the United States for a technology to identify young bovines of the Nelore race whose meat will be soft.
Event is due April 17 and 18 in London. The goal is to attract investors into the oil refining industry. At present, the country needs to import oil derivatives.
International Monetary Fund report lauds the African country’s macroeconomic policy management, but claims that maintaining budget discipline will be a challenge.
The UN organisation for refugees trained employees who should evaluate asylum requests in the country. Brazil has 4,500 people in this condition.
A veterinarian from Bauru, Omar Fayad (picture) releases the second edition of an Arabic-Portuguese dictionary of colloquial terms to help travellers communicate in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.
