USD 6.05 billion worth of goods were shipped from Brazil to Middle East and North Africa countries in the first half of the year. Sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Algeria were up by over 10%.
Revenue from foreign sales from the North African country widened to USD 5.87 billion in the first half of the year. Imports also increased, leading to a wider deficit in industrial trade.
The federal government has presented three measures for the sector: the creation of an agency, modernization of the mining code and law improvement.
The UAE-based company carried 17.6 million containers in the second half of this year. The ports operator, which owns a terminal in Santos, Brazil, highlighted its performance in the Americas and Europe.
Sales of tickets for domestic flights in Brazil increased by 1.9% year-on-year in June, the Brazilian Airlines Association (Abear) reported.
Maged ElGebaly, coordinator of the Portuguese Department of Aswan University, will present a course on literature of the Arab immigration in Brazil in August. The class is part of the International Congress of Language.
The Fund revised its forecasts from April’s World Economic Outlook and now estimates a 0.3% GDP growth in Brazil this year, against the previous 0.2%. To Latin America, the numbers worsened but are stronger than 2016’s.
Such was the amount by which exports outpaced imports in Brazil during the third week of July. Average daily exports increased, while average daily imports went down.
Financial market players estimate prices will have increased by 3.33% in Brazil at the end of this year. Last week’s projection had been 3.29%.
Brazil’s Federal Public Debt widened to USD 1.06 trillion last month, up from USD 1.03 trillion in May, the National Treasury Service said in a report.
With musicians from Morocco, Portugal and Spain, the concert Al Um’tamid is scheduled for August 12. The event celebrates the Arab Chamber’s 65 years and opens the Arab World Film Festival.
‘The Multiple Child’, by Andrée Chedid, has now been translated into Portuguese by Carla de Mojana Renard. Deceased in 2011, the Egyptian writer won more than 20 awards in her literary career.
Volunteers are wanted to teach the language to refugees from Arab countries who are living in Brazil. According to the project’s organizers, Arabic speakers require a different teaching method.
Dubai-based DaisyTek, importer of print cartridges and computing items, will have a stand in the fair that opens Sundai (23) in the city of São Paulo.
