The Arab Chamber’s President, Rubens Hannun, and Advisor to the Presidency for Strategic Affairs, Tamer Mansour, visited the country and met with authorities and business owners to strengthen trade ties with Brazil.
The exhibition ‘Refugee Childhood’ opened this Children’s Day, October 12, at the Immigration Museum in São Paulo.
Natan Barreto will launch his book ‘Um Quintal e Outros Cantos’ (A Backyard and Other Corners, loosely translated) at the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center on October 24. In the book, the author evokes his memories and puts them into verses.
September saw 81,590 units made in industry cluster Polo Industrial de Manaus. The industry revised up its 2018 output growth projection.
Foreign sales of basic goods rose 2.7% in September, while sales of other items dropped 7%, according to Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
Amjad Abdalkareem Ali Miehem will mix culture and cuisine in an intervention on October 25. He will make Palestinian kafta for audience members to eat.
Brazil’s National Supply Company (Conab) estimates that 238.5 million tons of grains will be harvested in the 2018/2019 season.
The event organized by the group Mulheres do Brasil (Women of Brazil) is scheduled for October 21, in Consolação district, São Paulo. The organization expects to provide health care for 400 people.
Foreign sales from Brazil fetched USD 8.17 billion in September, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
Brazil shipped out over 1 million bags to the Arab market from January to September. Until August, exports had been declining.
Complaints filed by other countries against the export of Brazilian goods cause exports of said goods to decrease by 86% on average, the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) said.
The company’s president said at a conference that there are plans to increase current oil and gas output from 4.8 million bpd to 6.5 million bpd in the next eight years.
During an event at the Arab Chamber this Tuesday, Foreign Ministry officials and Apex-Brasil executives went in-depth on the mission to the Arab country that they will hold in November, led by foreign minister Aloysio Nunes.
Year-to-date through September, the country saw a USD 5 billion deficit, up 23% from a year ago.
