The sector’s association conducted a mission this week to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, with the support of the Arab Chamber.
A batch of medication and vaccines supplied by the government of Brazil was cleared for shipping early this week. The cargo was carried by the Brazilian Navy.
In the first quarter of the year, sales to the region increased by 12% to USD 2.029 billion over the comparable period in 2016.
The sector grew from February to January according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Highest growth rates were registered in Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Acre.
Brazilian footwear exports to the region declined in the first quarter of this year from Q1 2016. However, sales increased to Bahrain, Syria, Mauritania, Oman, Algeria, Qatar and Tunisia.
The organization believes that world trade will grow 2.4% in 2017 and up to 4% in 2018, against only 1.3% in 2016.
Foreign sales from Brazil reached 17,400 units in the first quarter, a relevant increase over the comparable period in 2016. Whole-year exports are seen reaching 93,000 motorcycles.
Sales declined month-on-month and year-on-year in February, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The Brazilian musicians couple performed in the Arab nation as part of the program ‘Waves of Brazil’, organized by Brazil’s embassy in the country.
Pianists from the Middle East will play a one-off show at concert hall Sala São Paulo with proceeds going for the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer.
Pianists from the Middle East will play a one-off show at concert hall Sala São Paulo with proceeds going for the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer.
Foreign sales of the Brazilian product totaled USD 501 million, an increase of 22%. In comparison to March of last year, however, sales declined 3%.
Revenue from foreign sales widened although volume went down. Lebanon, Syria and Jordan were the top Arab buyers of Brazilian coffee.
Industrial production increased 0.1% in February over January, with growth being registered in nine of 14 areas surveyed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
