Exports to the Arab country totalled US$ 8 million from January to July, representing growth of 70% over 2009. The United Arab Emirates are also among the leading importers of Brazilian footwear.
Tabacos Marasca is negotiating with new Middle Eastern and North African importers. The company exports 90% of its annual output, which is 20,000 tonnes, and already sells to the Emirates and Egypt.
Professors from Viçosa are training Algerian technicians to develop the Touil water basin. The institution has three projects for cooperation with Algeria.
Mini Humanos already sells to Angola and Spain and wants to enter the Arab market. The brand dresses up children aged zero to 10, using themes such as rock’n’roll music, Woodstock and Santos Dumont.
Paraná state-based biscuit manufacturing company Faville has adopted labels with information in Arabic. The intention is to start exporting to the Middle East and North Africa.
Event will be held in October and should include participants from over twenty countries. The trade show will bring together industry representatives, government officials and potential travellers.
A Sebrae study shows that revenues of micro and small companies in the state grew over 10% in the first half. Businessmen are optimistic regarding the second half.
The largest financing ever granted by the institution to a municipality will be allocated to slum urbanization works. The first instalment, of US$ 545 million, will be cleared in the next few days.
Foreign sales of poultry posted record-high growth this year in the state of Paraná. From January until July, exports increased by 13.61% in comparison with the same period of last year.
The Brazilian minister of Finance, Guido Mantega, stated that oil company Petrobras will carry out a fundraising operation in September. The funds will be invested in pre-salt layer exploration.
Portas da Amazônia, headquartered in Rondônia, signed its first export contract this year. Aware of the opportunities on the foreign market, the company should expand its productive capacity by 30%.
Lute player Sami Bordokan and ballerina Cristina Antoniadis are going to play at Bella Música project, on Friday, in São Paulo. The show should begin at 11:00 pm.
This estimate is by the president of the recently created Peruvian Arab Chamber of Commerce, Miguel Atala Herrera, to whom the Andean country may also receive investment from the Middle East.
Economic Research Institute’s new indicator of how the country’s economic, social and political-institutional aspects are perceived internationally shows favourable assessments from 170 organizations.
