The carriers reached an agreement that also provides for a capital increase of USD 613 million for the South American airline.
It’s a 3% drop over last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. Southern region tops the production value list.
Shipments abroad went up 13.8% in volume and 21.7% in revenues in reais in H1, but dollar revenues dropped. Saudi Arabia was the largest buyer with the UAE in the fifth spot.
A document from the Tourism Ministry shows that the number of municipalities that are home to tourism-related activities in the country dropped. As of the last survey, in 2013, there were 3,345.
T-shirts with ‘Habibi’ written on them will be sold in an effort by blogger Lú Braga. The proceeds will be used to purchase bicycles for refugees living in Brazil.
The surplus is the result of USD 5 billion exports and USD 3.5 billion imports in the month so far.
Financial institutions are expecting the Brazilian economy to shrink 3.30% in 2016. Last week’s forecast had been for a 3.35% decrease, according to a survey by the Brazilian Central Bank.
In the fiscal year of 2016, the airline from Qatar registered a net profit of USD 439.4 million. In 2015, net profit was USD 102.71 million.
The company produced 2.9 million barrels of oil equivalent in June. Its previous all-time high had been in August of last year.
Rizzo Kombis sent six of these vehicles to the United Arab Emirates this year. The company specialized in restoration of the vans and already sold to more than nine countries.
Club Rachaia, from São Paulo, organizes in September a group trip to Lebanon for its members to get in touch with their family origins. They will stay in Beirut. Openings are still available.
Brazil’s Inez de Ghandour makes frozen savory delicacies and sells them for events and at stores in ten different cities in the Arab country. The bulk of the clientele is made up of locals.
According to the International Trade Center, the Maroc Export agency is the continent’s busiest.
The volume shipped from Brazil to other countries in the first half of this year was 712,000 tons, while 635,000 tons were shipped in H1 2015. Sales to Egypt soared by 20%.

