In 2013, 13,790 tonnes of fruit were shipped from Brazil to Middle East and North Africa countries. The industry association believes sales can increase even further.
The amount should be invested by 2016. The concession contract for the Rio de Janeiro International Airport was signed this Wednesday.
There has been an increase of 0.4% in February over January. Thus, the sector amasses 1.3% in the first two months of the year, according to the IBGE.
According to the Dubai-based company’s senior vice president for Cargo and Revenue Optimization, the region saw a 45% in cargo throughput in 2013. Global flows have grown again after years of instability.
Watch in this episode: Arab Week in Brasília; Algerian Culture Week in Brazil; imported foodstuffs; and Manaus, the most exotic host city of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Vapza, a company from the state of Paraná, is in the process of obtaining halal certification to export to Arab countries.
The webpage features information and documents on the subject, and accepts reporting of violations.
The Brazilian trade surplus stood at US$ 112 million, as a result of US$ 17.6 billion in exports and US$ 17.5 billion in imports. Both the daily export and import averages declined March-on-March.
Brazilian companies of this kind directed roughly US$ 6.4 billion to investments in January and February, 13.9% of the total last year, according to information released by the Official Gazette.
So said the Foreign Ministry’s Political undersecretary general Paulo Cordeiro during a tribute paid by the Arab Brazilian Chamber at São Paulo’s Jockey Club. The event celebrated the Arab Community Day.
The São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) was up 7.05% in March, the best monthly result since January 2012, and the first positive performance since October.
In the fiscal year beginning this Tuesday and ending in March 2015, the Qatari government plans on spending US$ 62 billion. The GDP growth forecast is 6%.
Event points out the particularities of the market in the Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The meeting takes place on April 23rd, in São Paulo, and targets cosmetic segment professionals.
Financial institutions polled by the Central Bank have slightly revised down their economic growth projections for 2014. The previous forecast was 1.7%.

