Foreign sales of the product from Brazil reached US$ 591.7 million in September. In terms of volume, 337,800 tonnes were shipped, representing an increase of 16.5% over the same month last year.
In 2010, oil production by the Brazilian state-owned company will be 2% to 3% lower than expected, according to the enterprise. The previous estimate was of 2.1 million barrels per day.
This statement is by the executive secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, Gerardo Fontelles. He met on Wednesday (6), with the minister of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Bal Ghunaim.
World Economic Outlook Perspectives report, disclosed today, indicates that the Brazilian GDP will grow 7.5% in 2010, a rate 0.4% higher than in the previous projection, made in June.
Bikinis and beach clothes by ‘areiabranca’, made in Ilhota, Santa Catarina, have already won the Europeans and North Americans. Now the company is working to supply an order of 9,000 items.
The region is one cattle farm after the other, clumps of woods and small cities. Heading west, however, the scenery changes due to mining, an activity explored by large companies like Vale.
São Paulo – The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) will promote a forum named Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace Forum, on Wednesday (6th) and Thursday in Brasília. The event should be attended by 120 researchers from the two regions. Issues to be addressed will include technologies for increasing production and actions for improving the handling of
The delegation of Saudi businessmen currently in São Paulo intends to return to Brazil and go to farms and food factories. To the Saudi minister heading the group, this visit was only the beginning.
This Tuesday, the Tax on Financial Operations concerning fixed income investment by foreigners was raised from 2% to 4%. The measure, however, should not drive foreign investors away.
Brazil processes only 30% of the products it exports. Heavier investment in agricultural sector research could change the picture, scientists say.
With lower expansion of credit and without speculation, Islamic banks suffered less with the global economic crisis. They follow the laws of Islam and were the theme of a seminar in São Paulo.
Representatives of Agroinvest, a new Saudi agricultural investment company, are in Brazil seeking partners in grain and poultry production and exports.
Fahad Bal Ghunaim, the Saudi minister of Agriculture, points the country out as one of the main targets for investment in agriculture, to ensure the supply of its population.
Trade figures between Brazil and the Arab countries generated a turnover of over US$ 14 billion in 2009 and were presented by the Arab Brazilian Chamber secretary general at a seminar in Madrid.
