Revenues from sales to Arab countries declined last month in Brazil. Sales volumes went down for major export products such as ores and sugar. Year-to-date, volumes were up 19%.
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According to Unicef, many of the schools were either destroyed by the ongoing conflict or converted into shelters for displaced persons.
Event will cover the impacts of the conflict, such as the Lebanese migration to Brazil. The country’s stance, then and now, with Syrian refugees, will also be a topic. The meeting is scheduled for November 18th, in Guarulhos.
The tax on frozen fish has been slashed from 10% to 2% in a bid to ensure that the domestic market is supplied during the no-fishing period. Morocco is a major exporter of fisheries.
The renewal of six projects by exportation agency Apex for promotion of Brazilian products abroad include a foreign sales target of USD 800 million in 2016. Arab countries are priorities in three of them.
The aviation agency has authorized the world’s largest passenger aircraft to fly to Guarulhos. Emirates, on November 14th, will fly to São Paulo’s international airport, which made adaptations to the runway to be able to receive the aircraft.
Kátia Abreu will continue negotiations to unlock exports of Brazilian beef and will attend the Business Forum South America-Arab Countries.
Brazil’s National Supply Company will hold an auction on November 5th to trade raw rice in for the processed variety. The product will be shipped from Brazil to Palestine as a donation.
The Arab Chamber’s vice-president of International Relations, Osmar Chohfi, said in a lecture that the country already has an important presence in the world forums, but that it could expand its participation.
The Brazilian National Treasury secretary said this should be roughly the federal government’s deficit in 2015.
The 19th Contemporary Art Festival, now showing in São Paulo, features artworks from Lebanon and Morocco. One of the jury members is from the United Arab Emirates.
External sales of the product declined in the first nine months of 2015, according to honey exporting association. Outlook, however, shows improvement until the end of the year.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in ten months, the number of Syrians who require humanitarian assistance has increased by 1.2 million.
