São Paulo state-based Pipper has been exporting footwear to Saudi Arabia for more than ten years. It has shop owners and distributors as clients and is searching for buyers in other Gulf countries.
The Brazilian company NG de France produces hair cosmetics with essential oils from the Provence region. It attended a fair in Dubai and is negotiating with potential clients from the Middle East.
‘Refúgio e Hospitalidade’ (Refuge and Hospitality) is a collection of essays and articles by experts on migrant reception policies.
Funds from the European Investment Bank will also be allocated to North Africa, Turkey and the Western Balkans.
The country purchased 364,000 tons from Arab countries in April and 1.14 million tons year-to-date through April. Total imports, however, dropped 6.4% last month.
The money, set to be released in stages, will be used on the implementation of reforms in the economy.
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations issued a statement extending its condolences to the victims’ families and to the Egyptian government.
The International Leather and Footwear Fair will take place next week in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, and buyers from 45 countries are expected. Eight Arab countries will be represented.
The IMF staff stated that both countries should make efforts to attract foreign direct investments.
The total amount of automobiles, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses in the country reached 42.6 million last year.
The program sells public debt bonds to natural persons. Its investment portfolio was up 4% compared with March.
The Federal University of São Carlos, in Brazil’s São Paulo State, offers one slot in each of its graduate courses for foreigners with refugee status. Candidates will be selected based on their Enem test scores.
Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco is offering a non-degree course in International Business Administration with an emphasis in Arab countries starting in August. Arab Brazilian Chamber members will get a discount.
The newly inaugurated Brazilian foreign minister said the country’s efforts will no longer be restricted to multilateral negotiations such as the WTO’s and that he will seek out bilateral treaties with countries and blocs thereof.

