A financing contract has been signed by Transpetro, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), and the shipyard. The Panamax-type oil ships are evaluated at US$ 480 million. Delivery will start in 2012.
OGX has announced the discovery of hydrocarbons in the Aptian section of well OGX-8, located in block BM-C-41, in shallow waters in Campos Basin.
The surplus from January to March was US$ 895 million, resulting from US$ 39.229 billion in exports and US$ 38.334 billion in imports.
The Brazilian industrial production grew in February compared with the same month of last year. Segments with the highest growth rates included vehicles, with 36.3%, and machinery, with 42.3%.
Established by a Lebanese businessman and currently managed by his son, Palmito Floresta has been growing in Brazil and plans to return to exports to countries in the Middle East.
Brasília – The Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, stated today (31st) that Brazil intends to make a new donation to Haiti, this time of US$ 172 million. Amorim made the announcement during the International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti, promoted by the United Nations (UN) in New York. At the
The statement was made today by Reinhold Stephanes, who passed the position of minister of Agriculture on to the president of the National Food Supply Company, Wagner Rossi.
The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil remained positive as of the 26th. Year-to-date, the surplus is US$ 2.2 billion.
After one year without exporting, the Rolim de Moura Furniture Producer Association plans to return to the foreign market. The Arab countries are targets.
The sports brand is going to promote a party for Africa in São Paulo. In order to apply for a ticket to the event, Web users will engage in a game with African football teams, including Arab ones.
The equestrian sector fair resulted in US$ 20,000 worth of business deals to the São Paulo-based company, which expects to sell another US$ 300,000 a year to the Gulf countries.
A company from Mato Grosso aims to export cosmetics made using oil from the bird to the Arab countries. The products, balms, moisturisers and creams, were created by Ostrich Cold Cream.
An official Petrobras press statement shows that the Board of Directors has approved an updating of the project portfolio for the 2011/2014 period, which forecasts investment of up to US$ 138 billion.
This was the value of deals closed by Brazilian companies at the Dental Conference & Arab Dental Exhibition. For the coming 12 months, over US$ 3 million in orders is forecasted.

