The slumping economy led to a 4.5% decline in oil products consumption last year in the country. In 2015 from 2014, consumption had also gone down, but not at as sharp a rate.

The Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil offered a welcome dinner to diplomats from Morocco, the UAE, Tunisia and Oman. The former Arab Chamber president Marcelo Sallum was also acknowledged.

The Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil offered a dinner to welcome diplomats from Morocco, the UAE, Tunisia and Oman, and to acknowledge the former Arab Chamber president Marcelo Sallum.

Cargo volume handled in Brazil in 2016 was slightly down from the year before as a result of the maize crop failure, according to data from the National Agency for Waterway Transportation (Antaq).