Unstable weather in 2010 and the advanced age of cane crops affected sugarcane production in São Paulo, but crops in other states compensated the losses. Foreign sugar demand is on the rise.

Arab importers take part in business roundtables at the auto parts trade show Automec, in São Paulo. They seek products such as engine parts and electric parts.

Applied Economic Research Institute report points out the challenges and opportunities in relations between the two countries shortly before president Dilma Rousseff’s visit to the Asian country.

An agreement between Apex and Cecompi aims at expanding Brazilian aerospace sector exports. The United Arab Emirates will be among the priority markets for the industry between 2011 and 2012.

Little known by tourists who visit Alagoas, the city has vast beaches with a placid ocean and coconut trees as far as the eyes can see, like Pituba and Lagoa do Pau. A call to the good, simple life.