The deficit was US$ 108 million, resulting from US$ 3.292 billion in exports and US$ 3.4 billion in imports.
Imply, a computing and entertainment systems manufacturing company that already exports to the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Iraq, is assembling a large entertainment centre in Algiers.
Amêndoas do Brasil, a company based in the state of Ceará, sells 500 tonnes of the product each year to four Arab countries. Exports, which started in 2003, grew by 86%.
The Emirates, Oman, Algeria and Egypt already purchase 30% of exports of the Brazilian hard candy, lollipop and chewing gum manufacturer – which is negotiating with three other Arab countries.
Small fish farmers from the state of Pará are preparing to increase production of one of the most famous fish in Northern Brazil, the arapaima, and plan on exporting to the Middle Eastern countries.
Author of ‘Gabriela Cravo e Canela,’ Jorge Amado was the Brazilian writer that put Arabs and descendants in evidence the most in his plots, the most famous being the Syrian Nacib.
From April 27 to August 03, the Comic Book Library of Curitiba will offer a course in Arabic calligraphy with calligrapher and fine artist Moafak Dib Helaihel. Enrolment is already open.
The Syrian-Lebanese Hospital and the Embraer Institute, of the Brazilian aircraft maker, will inaugurate a health laboratory next Tuesday to help impoverished youths pick their careers.
The Healthcare Fair, opened yesterday, in Damascus, offers opportunities for Brazilian pharmaceutical companies to export to Syria. The Arab Chamber participates.
The Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, expressed his willingness to negotiate with Brazilian companies during a meeting with the Brazilian minister Miguel Jorge, in Beirut.
Tissot, a maker of high-end furniture, discussed trade at meetings with Lebanese businessmen, in Beirut. They are participating in the Development Ministry mission to the region.
The Economy and Trade minister of Lebanon, Mohammad Safadi, invited Brazilian businessmen to invest in the country, in areas like infrastructure. He opened business roundtables in Beirut.
Several companies have lined up sales deals in Cairo, on this Wednesday, during business roundtables of the Development Ministry’s mission. Rural Trade will ship 4,000 heads of cattle to the country.
Revenues from Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 160.5 million, representing growth of 101% compared with the same month of last year. First-quarter exports totalled US$ 395.8 million.
