Lula is travelling to Israel, Palestine and Jordan in the company of a trade delegation. To him, the result of these missions ‘has been extraordinary’. Brazil may help in the development of Palestine.
British company BP has acquired the Devon Energy rights to explore areas in Campos Basin. The agreement, which also includes other areas for international exploration, cost US$ 7 billion.
Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 309.1 million to the region in the first two months of the year, expansion of 44.3% over the same period last year.
Brazil should be theme of talk at Med Log, a conference in the logistics area to take place in Tangier, in April. The country was chosen as the focus of the meeting is food exports.
The number of Brazilians interested in spending holidays at destinations like the Emirates, Egypt and Jordan is on the rise. At some travel operators, the growth is 50% in three years.
Production in the country should rise by 190,000 barrels a day this year, the largest growth among the countries that are not part of the OPEC. The forecast is by the organisation itself.
Brazilian agribusiness sales to the region were the highlight in February. Among the Arabs, Morocco had the most expressive increase in purchases, 81.5%. In all, revenues reached US$ 4.4 billion.
The figure refers to the month of January, when the country received 734,636 passengers, the largest volume since 2000.
Nineteen producers of inputs and equipment in the sector are at the Arab Dental Exhibition, which began on Tuesday and ends on Thursday. They hope to develop up to US$ 6 million in deals.
The Beautycare Brazil program, for sector export incentive, has elected Saudi Arabia a target market for 2010 and 2011. Businessmen in the project should travel to the country.
Brazilian revenues with the exports of raw beef rose 26% in the first two months of 2010 in comparison with the same period in 2009. Egypt was the main Arab buyer.
According to the minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, the 2009/2010 grain crop should be the largest in history, above the record 144.1 million tonnes of 2007/2008.
Canvases by Saif El Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi, and archaeological artefacts from the country will be shown at the Afro Brazil Museum from today to April 18.
It includes products like wheat, vehicles and personal hygiene products. Retaliation was authorised by the WTO in answer to subsidies granted to North American cotton products.
