Brazil produced more than 3.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in May. Extraction in the pre-salt layer went up 15% and reached 1.15 million barrels a day.
From the total amount of credit for farming in 2016/2017, USD 28 billion will go to farmers and cooperatives, with USD 3 billion earmarked for corporate agribusiness.
DGCX recorded 9.5 million contracts in the first half, the highest volume for the period. On June 24, the day after the Brexit voting, it saw the highest daily trading volume ever.
The Brazilian food company has approved the establishment of a subsidiary that will be in charge of producing, distributing and selling foodstuffs intended for Muslim markets.
São Paulo-based Latitudes is organizing the route Morocco – Art and Culture in the Maghreb with Emilio Moufarrige, from October 22 to November 2. An architecture and philosophy expert will guide the tours.
Brazilian financial institutions are expecting the consumer price index to be 7.27% by the end of the year. Last week’s projection had been 7.29%.
Bernardo de Azevedo Brito launched a revised and expanded edition of his work to include the rise of the Islamic State and its effects on the country.
Stories told by the queen and adapted by the Italian comics author Sergio Toppi are hitting Brazilian bookstores in the first release from a new publishing house.
Cultural venue Sesc Santo Amaro, in São Paulo, will present a puppet theater based on Arab stories on July 16. Actress Cris Miguel, who is of Lebanese descent, created and performs the show.
Exports outpaced imports in the first half of this year in Brazil by the widest margin ever for the period. In June alone, a USD 3.9 billion surplus was achieved.
The footwear fair was visited by buyers from 45 countries, among them Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. In all, 1,100 foreigners attended the exhibition.
The regional edition of Halal Expo will run from November 6 to 8 in Chile and businesses from all over the world can exhibit. The event will feature seminars with industry specialists and matchmaking sessions.
After two months going up, industry’s performance remained stable in May. With this result, in the first five months of the year the decline almost reached 10%.
‘History in Icons’ will address power relations between State and religion at different points in time, from July 18 to 28 at the São Paulo Sacred Art Museum. Enrolment is open.
