São Paulo-based hair products company Sweet Hair already exported to the UAE and now it has inked distribution deals for Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia. There are plans to break into Lebanon and Morocco too.

Purchases from neighboring countries could be expanded, according to the executive secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. The level of the hydroelectric plants’ reservoirs declined.

Exports exceed imports by US$ 678 million last week in Brazil, according to the Ministry of Development. Surpluses were also registered in the first two weeks of the month and to date this year.

There was a significant increase in foreign sales of products such as sugar, frozen beef and soybeans. The performance comes as Arab countries build inventories for the Ramadan.