Fanem and Impol are two Brazilian industries to participate in Healthcare, a health product and equipment fair to take place in Syria this month. They aim to grow on the Arab market.
Revenues from shipments totalled US$ 2.3 billion in the first quarter, confirming the resumption that started in February. The flow of trade increased by 48% and exceeded US$ 3.8 billion.
The country ranks second among the G-20 nations, after China. Over half the entrepreneurs are women aged 18 to 34. The data were culled from the GEM survey disclosed today.
The US Trade Representative and secretary of Agriculture applauded the possibility of an agreement on the cotton dispute, after Brazil postponed the imposition of countermeasures up until the 22nd.
The Brazilian company sold 733,000 barrels of oil a day in March. The total for the month – 22.73 million barrels – exceeded the greatest figure in company history, for December 2008.
The country is the 19th most attractive in Ernst & Young’s ranking for investment in energy power generation from renewable sources such as wind and the sun. Brazil will grow above the global average.
The state-owned company will start producing this month in Bambuí, Minas Gerais. Investment should total US$ 84 million and the plant’s initial capacity will be 100 million litres a year.
Exhibition ‘Complicity – 20 years of news coverage, 20 photographers’, by journalist Bernardino Furtado, starts in São Paulo today. It includes works by Sérgio Tomisaki.
The Libyan currency reserves total US$ 100 billion and grant stability to the country, according to the Central Bank. The factor is a key one when it comes to attracting foreign investment.
Two Egyptian factories are exhibiting at Fimec, a machinery, component and shoe sector fair in April in Rio Grande do Sul. It produces rubber, EVA and rubber resin.
Disal, a Brazilian publishing house in São Paulo, has launched two books for those interested in learning the language: ‘Speak Arabic in 20 lessons’ and ‘3,500 Words in Arabic’.
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were set as target markets for exports of fruit and derivatives. Brazil will promote marketing actions, participations in fairs and business roundtables.
Production should reach 50 kilograms of olives, a result considered surprising by the technicians of Epamig, an organization that has been researching the culture for decades in the state.
Brazilian exports increased by US$ 15.7 billion in March, representing growth of 33% over the same month of last year. Imports rose by 50% and exceeded US$ 15 billion.
