Contract signed by Brazil’s state-owned aircraft maker and Air Force concerns the government’s purchase of 28 KC-390 military aircraft. President Rousseff and São Paulo state governor Alckmin attended the inauguration of a hangar.

Sales from Brazil declined year-to-date through April this year from the same period in 2013, to US$ 4 billion. Good news include higher shipped volume for meats year-to-date and for ore in April.

Watch in this episode: A campaign raised more than R$ 100,000 for Palestinian refugees; an exhibition about Oman at the Copacabana Palace hotel; the agribusiness fair Cotrijal 2014; and a visit to Salvador, Bahia.

In the third week of May, exports surpassed imports by US$ 563 million. In the first and second week, gains were US$ 226 million. Year-to-date, however, the result shows a deficit of US$ 4.777 billion.

World Cup Project will bring 2,300 foreign importers, investors and opinion-makers to Brazil during the tournament. Turnover is expected to exceed US$ 1.35 billion.

According to figures compiled by the Brazilian Statistics Institute and issued by an industry association, clothes production increased in Brazil in Q1 this year, but textile output was down.