The figure is the result of US$ 3.496 billion in exports and US$ 2.94 billion in imports.
A container of mineral and coconut water, juice and soft drinks should be shipped to the Arab country this month. Contact between companies was made in May at the Apas fair, in São Paulo.
The company provides credit recovery and financial information services in Brazil and abroad. It operates through the TCM network, which has agents in 155 countries, including nine Arab nations.
From 2007 to 2008, the number of people aged over 40 in the country has risen 4.5%. The population above 60 years old has also grown, and accounts for 11% of the total.
Psychologist Síria Maria Mohamed, daughter of businessman Mohamed Zein El Abdine Sammour, published a book that teaches kids to deal with discrimination in the social insertion of children.
The Arab Syrian Cultural Centre is going to promote a cultural evening in the city of São Paulo on September 23rd. There will be an exhibition, a lecture and film screenings.
Florestal Brasil S.A. will be launched next Monday by group JBS-Friboi, MCL Empreendimentos, Funcef and Petros. The company is going to invest in planting in forests at degraded areas.
The destination is being promoted by operators and travel agencies at the 32nd Braztoa Trade Meeting. The Arab country has a stand at the fair and was the theme of one of the panels yesterday.
The Unctad says sovereign funds of the Middle East should expand their participation in the global foreign direct investment flow this year. There are new opportunities for international acquisitions.
Exports of the product to the region grew 56% this year, boosted by company Villa Germânia, which exported to seven Arab countries, among them Saudi Arabia, to which it began selling this year.
The government passed today a bill prohibiting cultivation of cane in sensitive areas. However, sugarcane may sill be grown on 64 million hectares. Today, cane occupies 9 million hectares.
Shoes from both Arab countries are part of the collection being exhibited at Canoas Shopping, in Rio Grande do Sul. They are folkloric pieces like embroidered babouches and wedding shoes.
The two slaughterhouses announced an association agreement that should result in unification of their operations. JBS also informed the purchase of the American Pilgrim’s Pride, in poultry.
Buyers in the Middle East who participated in the business roundtables promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, in São Paulo, made positive contacts and believe they should start importing from Brazil.
