Nearly 19,000 tons were shipped abroad from Brazil last year, up 53.5% from 2014. The United Arab Emirates was the leading buying country.
The industry grossed USD 88.22 billion in Brazil, down 8.8% from 2014. The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture rates the performance as good for a slumping economy.
Brazil registered a USD 150 million deficit last week, the result of USD 2.922 billion in exports and USD 3.072 billion in imports.
Forecast is from the Focus Bulletin, published by the Brazilian Central Bank with outlooks from financial institutions for Brazil’s economy. Estimation is for a 2.99% shrinkage in 2016.
Arab immigrants are taking part via the Migraflix plataform, which promotes quick courses taught by low-income foreigners living in Brazil. Cuisine, arts, music, dance and fashion are among the topics covered.
The US dollar’s rising strength against Brazil’s real breeds expectations of growing foreign sales in months to come. The Couromoda fair, in São Paulo, will welcome importers from 60 countries.
The Qatar Foundation International’s #ISpeakArabic competition will review videos of people discussing their Arabic studies and why they do it. The winner will get USD 500.
Financial aid will be made available once the national unity government takes office, said European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
Through a statement, the Saudi state oil company said that the measure is part of the reform process being executed by the Arab country.
The index is the highest since 2002 in Brazil. According to a survey, last year, Brazilians paid higher prices for ‘all goods and services categories that make up the cost of living.’
Nagib Nassar, a professor at UnB, established a foundation for scientific development and launched a contest to offer a BRL 10,000 grant to Brazilians doing research on cassava.
In 2015, Brazilian citizens withdrew BRL 53.568 billion (USD 13.295 billion) in excess of what they deposited into savings accounts, in the weakest performance since 1995.
The FAO-measured price index dropped 19% in 2015. All groups of products became cheaper due to the excess of supply and global economy’s weak performance.
Over 416,900 units were shipped abroad last year, but revenues slid 8.7% to USD 10.5 billion.
