From the Newsroom São Paulo – Brazil will be exporting 50,000 tonnes of chicken to South Korea in 2004. A team from the country will be visiting Brazil this month to analyse slaughterhouses enabled to export products to the region, and to close the deal, estimated at around US$ 80 million. This information was ed
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil and have "the same worries" in many points of international diplomacy, stated the foreign relations minister, Celso Amorim, yesterday (04). The declaration was made after the meeting minister Amorim had with French foreign relations minister, Dominique de Villepin, who is visiting Brazilian capital Brasília. Minister Villepin stated
From the Newsroom São Paulo – A spokesperson for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced yesterday (02) that the institution has approved a US$ 150 million loan to Unibanco bank. The funds, according to the IDB, are for a line of credit for middle- and long-term projects in infrastructure, to be istered by Brazilian companies
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Brazilian aeroplane maker Embraer announced today (02) the sale of six ERJ 145 aircraft to China Southern Airlines. The aeroplanes, for up to 50 engers, will be produced by Harbin Embraer, a t venture between the Brazilian company and China Aviation II. Delivery is scheduled for between June this
The request was made in an address at a seminar for foreign investors organized by the Brazilian government in Geneva. In his address, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that "it is important to attract investment (from the region), especially in the infrastructure area, and also to make Brazil put its products on the Arab market."
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Marcopolo, one of the main bus chassis makers in the world, ended 2003 with net consolidated revenues of US$ 439.6 billion, 3% greater than the result forecasted by the company (about 426.6 million), but 13% lower than the performance in 2002 (around 505 million). The Middle East remains one
The federal government is intent on guaranteeing that around 20,000 milk producers who supply to the Italian multinational will stay in business. Agriculture minister Roberto Rodrigues stated that for the time being there will be no government intervention in Parmalat Brasil, which, he says, currently has around US$ 13.6 million in debts with small Brazilian milk producers.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) inaugurated a new service to speed up attention to companies interested in exporting to the Arab market this month: it is the Exporter Attention Service (SAE). The objective is to centralize the receipt and delivery process of export requests and answer doubts
A Japanese mission will be coming to Brazil to buy meats, fruit, and eggs. In turn, agriculture minister Roberto Rodrigues is going to stimulate Brazilian businessmen to participate in the largest agribusiness fair in Asia: Foodex-Japan.
The operation is part of a project agreed on by the president of the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency (Apex), Juan Quirós, and Brazilian ambassador in England José Mauricio F. Bustani, last Friday (23).
The annual aggregate result was export of US$ 19.4 million, consolidated due to excellent foreign trade performances in December 2003. Among the most important markets for the sector are the Dutch and the North American.
The objective of producers and the government is that foreign trade reach US$ 1 billion/year up to 2010. In 2003 foreign fruit trade totalled 668,900 tonnes. The United Arab Emirates are among the main buyers of Brazilian fresh fruit.
