Over 30 members of ABPA and ABIEC, the sector’s associations, are at the Brazilian meat pavilion in the Dubai fair. The space has a mezzanine for product tasting. Minerva and JBS have their own stands.

An indicator from FGV covering industry, services, consumption, production, exports, stock exchanges, etc., was up 1.3% in January, a stronger rate than last December’s.

A Brazilian Central Bank poll shows the economy picked up in 2017. The official GDP indicator from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) is yet to be released.

Nutrire, one of the exhibitors at the Arab Chamber’s stand, sealed an exporting deal a few hours after the expo’s opening in Dubai. The organization’s stand had a high number of visitors in the first day.