Brazilian foreign trade is on a streak of back-to-back surpluses. Last week saw exports exceed imports by USD 662 million.
Financial institutions polled by the Brazilian Central Bank believe the benchmark rate will be slashed following a meeting this week. The rate is seen ending this year at 13.5% and the next one at 11%.
It will promote products from its members at the International Exhibition for Agricultural Investment and Technologies, from October 19 to 22. The Chamber’s participation is a partnership with a Tunisian agency.
The event happens on November 3 and 4 in Foz do Iguaçu. Specialists will cover topics including partnerships, financing, technology transfer and management. Registrations are open.
The power plant’s Engineering superintendent Jorge Habib Hanna El Khouri said a basic draft should be completed in a year and a half. Arab ambassadors on a mission to Paraná state toured the facilities.
The country sold 3,889 units abroad from January to September, generating USD 334,000 in revenues.
Prices will be down 3.2% for wholesale gasoline and 2.7% for diesel. Whether or not consumers will pay less for their fuel will be up to the retailers.
Ocepar wants to arrange for a mission from Arab countries to have a close look at how its cooperatives produce poultry. The subject was discussed with ambassadors visiting the Paraná state trade union.
The Council of Arab Ambassadors, which is visiting the state, met with governor Beto Richa this Thursday in Curitiba. Deals with Arabs are relevant, but could increase. The portfolio lacks variety.
The former prime minister of Portugal will replace Ban Ki-moon as the organization’s secretary-general as of December 31.
The Federal Revenue Service notes that the rule applies to all regular scheduled air services companies, both cargo and passengers, even in the case of payments made to low-tax countries.
The country will offer as many as 100 scholarships to master’s and doctoral candidates from developing nations. Students from six Arab countries are eligible. The deadline for applications is November 25.
Diplomats will sit down for meetings with officials from the state and its capital Curitiba, and with executives and delegates from the local Arab community. The goal is to build ties and foster trade.
‘The history of soccer’ is now showing in the Greater Florianópolis area. Curator Jules Soto is in talks to take it to Dubai and the other six emirates before the end of the year.
