The organization’s president Rubens Hannun met with Brazilian Agriculture minister Blairo Maggi on Wednesday (19). Hannun discussed actions taken to strengthen the image of Brazil’s meat industry in Arab countries.
The company from Castanhal, Pará state, earned the halal certification and is looking to open new markets in the region. Currently, it’s prospecting business in Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.
The projection is from the country’s government, which also forecasts that exports will increase by 8%.
Aswan University is looking for volunteers to work in its Portuguese Department from October of this year to June 2018. Registrations are open until May 10. The university offers a small allowance.
The country is hoping to increase the sector’s relevance to trade balance numbers in decades to come, according to a ministerial secretary. In 2015, services accounted for a meager 1.91% of foreign sales.
Brazil’s National Federation of Trade reports that consumption plans by families were down 0.5% in April from March.
A refugee in Brazil, Fitoon Assi buys items made from camel, snake and sheep hides made by her family back in the Arab country. She resells the product in fairs organized by NGOs.
The International Monetary Fund expects 3.5% growth in 2017 and 3.6% in 2018, up from 3.1% in 2016. Brazil is seen finding its way out of recession, and growth in the Middle East should lose steam.
It’s the eighth office outside the United Arab Emirates and will be responsible for all of Latin America. A mission of business executives from Dubai is on a visit through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
The forecast is from the Brazilian government. The system will go online at the end of this year for travellers from the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Saudi Arabia and Qatar will be included later.
Weekly Consumer Price Index decreased in the majority of the seven capitals surveyed between the first and the second weeks of April.
Staff from the Fund visited Tunis and reviewed the agreement signed with the Arab country. The health of public finance, job creation and social protection should be priorities for the economy to grow.
The country’s economy grew despite the oil price slump, according to the World Bank. In 2017, however, growth is expected to slow to 1.5%.
In the second week of April, exports reached USD 4.075 billion and imports amounted to USD 2.246 billion, the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services reported this Monday.
