Revenues from Brazilian exports to the region amounted to US$ 1.6 billion in the first half, up 30%. Total Brazilian poultry export revenues were up 7.2%.
The estimate of financial institutions for Brazil’s GDP growth in 2013 has been reduced for the ninth time in a row, this time from 2.34% to 2.31%.
Event due from July 16 to 18 in Juiz de Fora will feature dairy and industrial machinery exhibitors. New products will be showcased and matchmaking rounds will be held with international buyers.
Brazilian exports to the region showed little change in the first half, compared with the same period in 2012. There was an increase of 1.27% in volumes shipped, but a fall of 0.38% in revenues.
The event will run from August 15 to September 16 in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, featuring 20 titles from the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and Europe.
A KPMG survey shows a 15% decline in number of mergers and acquisitions in Brazil in quarter two, and most operations involved solely domestic companies.
The estimate for the Brazilian oil area to be tendered in October is by the director of the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (ANP), Magda Chambriard.
The reduction was over the previous month and was the greatest in the Central Bank’s historic series, which started in 2003. In the year, however, the index presented expansion of 3.01%.
The institution had net profit of US$ 1.3 billion in the first half of the year. Assets reached US$ 118.5 billion, the largest in its history.
In the first five months of this year, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) disbursed US$ 32 billion, an increase from the same period in 2012.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had announced US$ 8 billion in aid to the country after the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi. The IMF has not had contact with the interim government.
The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that although these products should grow 7% in offer in 2013, 34 nations are living a situation of food insecurity.
Amr Abd Alla is the main attraction of the 6th edition of the Sergipe Arab Dance Festival, on August 03. He performs folk dance and the ‘tanoura’, based on the rituals of Sufism.
Brazilian sector exports to the region totalled US$ 3.9 billion. In June, shipments were US$ 528 million, an increase of 2.5%.
