Foreign sales from Brazil were down 2.6%, while purchases were up 11.7%. The resulting trade surplus exceeded USD 1 billion.
Total oil, oil product and natural gas sales exceeded purchases in the country from January to May of this year.
The 50th International Shoe and Accessories Fashion Fair (Francal) will take place at Expo Center Norte and the industry outlook is good. Guest importers include 11 Arab ones.
The Deslocamento Criativo project will be launched on July 14, in São Paulo, and will offer a snapshot of the opportunities and challenges to immigrants from Africa and the Middle East.
An association in the Arab country is accepting entries from pianists aged 10 to 32 for a contest next November. The Embassy of Brazil in Rabat is offering a prize for best performance of a piece by a Brazilian composer.
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional has entries open until August 13 to foreign publishing houses interested in obtaining financial support to publish the works of Brazilian writers in their countries.
Sales in Brazil increased 3.6% in June and 14.4% in the year’s first six months.
Industry players will convene next August in Paraná for the Brazilian Forum of Dry Bean, Pulses and Special Crops. The event will also be joined by the Global Pulses Confederation (GPC), which is based in Dubai.
IPCA, the official inflation rate indicator in Brazil, registered 1.26% in June, the highest rate for the month since 1995.
A provisional measure that creates the program Rota 2030 was signed this Thursday (05), aiming to make the Brazilian auto industry adapt to the new global challenges in the production and use of cars.
Eumar Novacki, executive secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, will visit the two Arab countries in September, aiming to increase market share for Brazilian agricultural products.
The industry grossed USD 492 million in the first half of this year. The country welcomed 3.23 million tourists during that time.
The airport handled 36.9 million passengers from January to May, down 0.1% from a year ago, as a result of Ramadan.
The plane makers will enter into a joint venture comprising all of the Brazilian company’s commercial aviation operations. The US-based company will retain an 80% stake in the USD 4.7 billion deal.
