Commodity shipments to the region dropped 6.24% in the accumulated result for the year, but rose 28% in September, fostered by Libyan purchases. Prices have been rising since halfway through the year.
Brand from São Paulo sought investment in architecture and culture in the Arab country, to develop its high summer collection. Embroidered and cut-out, the items bring to mind the Moroccan mosharabi.
The Qatari airline has become a member of oneworld, an alliance of large global airlines. To promote the initiative, the group has launched a ‘pass’ with promotional flights to the Middle East.
The KBW holding company will set up an office in the Brazilian state. The company’s chairman and Saudi prince Khaled Bin Alwaleed met with the governor this week and discussed investment.
The Brazilian balance of trade posted a deficit in October as a result of US$ 22.8 billion in exports and US$ 23 billion in imports.
Sultan Almansoori, the Arab country’s minister of Economy, said he is interested in partnering up with Brazil for food processing. He attended an economic forum in São Paulo.
Output grew in September from August, according to the Institute of Geography and Statistics. September-on-September, the rate was up 2%.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industries of Bahia are planning a delegation to Middle East in 2014 to discuss partnerships and increase bilateral trade.
The São Paulo State Investment Promotion Agency presented opportunities and projects to a delegation from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday (31). There is interest in public-private partnerships.
Newly implemented measure allows for a single ticket to be purchased for flights by the two airlines. The Arab company has been flying to São Paulo since last June.
Stagings from Lebanon, the West Bank and Tunisia, among other countries, will feature in the International Theatre Biennial of the University of São Paulo, which opened this Thursday (31st). Arabs will also take part in debates.
A five-year agreement signed between São Paulo Football Club and OCP S.A. from Morocco will organized the travel of youths aged 14 to 17 to practice with the Brazilian team’s youth players.
During a visit to the petrochemical company’s plant in Camaçari, Bahia, Arab diplomats suggested a partnership with enterprises from their countries for manufacturing plastics and their products.
Brazil may buy 600 tonnes of wheat free of tax from foreign countries, according to a Foreign Trade Chamber resolution issued this Wednesday (30th). The tax had already been lifted once this year, in April.
