Expenditure on international travel reached USD 4.47 billion in the first quarter of the year. The result was fueled by appreciation of Brazil’s currency, the real.
The Brazilian embassy will have a stand at the trade show from May 8 to 13 in the Algerian capital. Companies Andrade Gutierrez and WEG will be there, and other enterprises can still join up.
Three entrepreneurs from the Arab country will visit the Automec trade show, which begins this Tuesday in São Paulo. They are guests of exporting company Lipaco.
Representatives from the sector met with Egyptian authorities and organized a barbecue to promote the Brazilian product in Cairo.
The third week of April saw exports reach USD 4.320 billion with imports amounting to USD 2.551 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services. The resulting surplus was USD 1.769 billion.
The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency held an auction that resulted in concessions to construction, operation and maintenance of electricity transmission lines and substations in 20 states.
In March, Brazil’s external and domestic debt totaled BRL 3.2 trillion (USD 1.02 trillion) according to data made public by the National Treasure.
A delegation led by Tunisian Foreign Relations minister Khemaies Jhinaoui will be in Brazil this week. They will have meetings in a bid to increase exports and bring investments into the Arab country.
The trade agency will hold business meetings on April 26 and 27 between Brazilian traders and producers of cashew nuts, Brazil nuts and peanuts and buyers from 10 countries. Companies from Qatar and the UAE will take part.
Dissimilarities between film portrayals of the Egyptian female figure and the real lives of women in the time of the pharaohs will be addressed in ‘Women and everyday life in Ancient Egypt,’ on April 24th.
The action is designed to enhance the image of the product from Brazil in the Arab country, which is one of the premier markets for Brazilian exporters.
The Federal Supreme Court decided that foreigners with permanent residency in Brazil are eligible to receive a monthly minimum wage if they don’t have the means to survive.
Delegation headed by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) is in Morocco, and later it will go to Egypt and Algeria.
The Brazilian mining company’s pelletizing plant in Sohar produced 2.4 million tons from January to March, down 3.7% from the last quarter of last year.
