Number of Muslim followers on the large annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, grew by 5% from 2018.
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Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company released its first-half results for the first time. Net income was down 13%; free cash flow went up.
Brazil’s president will travel to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro told ANBA in an interview. He is just back from an official trip to Abu Dhabi. ‘Brazil will be right there with the UAE,’ he said.
Saudi government decree allows women over 21 to travel and obtain their own passport without the need of approval from a man in the family.
‘Explore&Enjoy’ is the slogan created by the industry’s association that intends to increase exports by 50% by 2025. Actions to raise sales to the MENA region are already underway.
The country’s fiscal deficit grew significantly narrower year-on-year in the first half, to USD 1.5 billion.
Every year, more than 2 million pilgrims from all over the world go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the fifth pillar of Islam. This year, Hajj runs from August 9 to 14, and Brazil is expected to send a group of approximately 200 people.
Marcelo Della Nina convened with prince Saud Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, in Dammam.
Saudi Arabia is the frontrunner, comprising half of the total project announcement in the period. Contracts value jumped 33%.
The 140-plus-store Brazilian açaí franchise chain plans on adding two more units in the emirate and ones in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before the year is over.
Exports from Brazil to the region grossed USD 642 million in June, up 26% year-on-year.
The amount includes projects at different stages in the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, as per market research firm BNC Network data.
