Company Alcoa, as part of the Awac joint venture, began operating a bauxite mine in the state this week. The ore will be turned to alumina production in the state of Maranhão.
Brasília – In the month of August in Brazil, 242,126 job positions were created, as a result of 1,457,455 people taken on and 1,215,329 dismissals. It was the best result this year, as informed today (16th) by the Ministry of Labour, upon disclosing the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged). The number of
Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, also known as the flow of exchange, was negative by US$ 1.768 billion, in September, up until the 11th. The figure is lower than the one recorded in the same period of last year, which was US$ 4.179 billion. The information was disclosed today
Food, ceramics, decoration and paper towels were some of the items that the Middle Eastern importers at the Equipotel showed interest in buying from Brazil.
Importers from Lebanon and the Emirates participate, from today to Friday, in exhibit ‘Alto Verão Carioca’, in truth a circuit of showrooms and ateliers of 40 brands in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian shoe brands attended GDS, a trade fair for the industry that ended this week in Germany. They made contacts and closed deals with importers from several countries, including Arab ones.
The Ministry of Tourism’s forecast takes into account that, in Brazil, the sector suffered less with the crisis than in other countries. The Accor Group is investing in 15 new projects.
The discovery was made in Santos Basin, 290 kilometres off the coast at a depth of approximately 5,150 meters.
Despite the retraction of the global market, the volume shipped to the region has grown over 20% from January to August. Exports totalled 914,000 tonnes of chicken.
Arab importers in São Paulo, at the invitation of the Arab Chamber, get their first impressions of Brazilian industry. Today and tomorrow they participate in business roundtables at Equipotel.
Brazilian revenues from sales to the League of Arab States totalled US$ 6.05 bn from January to August this year. Shipments have decreased as a consequence of the business hiatus during the Ramadan.
The minister of Tourism should attend a trade fair for the industry in Japan. Besides, Brazil is now hosting the 2nd South American Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference, which started today (14th).
The figure resulted from US$ 2.5 billion in exports and US$ 2.1 billion in imports. So far this year, the Brazilian trade surplus is US$ 20.7 billion, growth of 12.4% over the same period of 2008.
Trade fair Nova Equipotel, one of the five largest in the sector, should bring together over 1,000 hotel and food industry exhibitors. The event will have business roundtables with Arab importers.
