According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), output was up marginally at 0.1% in February from January, and up 0.3% in the first two months of the year combined.
From this Tuesday, Arab companies and state-run organizations will be at expos WTM Latin America, for tourism, and Intermodal, for transportation and logistics. Both events will run until Thursday.
Brazilian textiles and clothing sales to the Arab world increased by 87.5% in January and February from the comparable period in 2016. The growth was driven by rope exports.
Brazil’s surplus went over USD 7 billion last month. In the first quarter, it reached USD 14.4 billion, a record for the period.
Output reached 2.6 million barrels per day in February, according to Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency.
The financial market believes the Selic, the benchmark interest rate, will drop tp 8.75% until the end of the year. Currently, it sits at 12.25%.
Website Conectados (Connected) has on display over 160 services provided by 115 immigrants in vulnerable situation. The idea is to encourage entrepreneurship among them.
A debate cycle at Sesc will tackle Arab-related subjects including revolutions, the Western Sahara conflict, refugees, the Alawites and literature. Specialists, most of them academicians, will give lectures.
Website Dinneer is selecting Brazilians to travel and taste food made by its registered users. The route includes the United Arab Emirates.
From April 5 to 8, five exhibitions focusing on tourism and leisure will be held at the Tunis convention center in the capital.
Arab crafts, dance and cuisine are part of the event, which takes place from March 31 to April 9 at the Pantanal Event Center.
Brazilian Central Bank data show economic activity dropped in January from December for the seventh month in a row, this time by 0.2%.
The unemployment rate of the December to February period reached 13.2%, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Both the rate and the number of unemployed are records.
A representative of the plastic industry machinery manufacturermet with an Egyptian buyer at Plástico Brasil last week. The manager is anticipating a competition with Asians.
