14 January 2022
Industry data indicate that China bought half of all the pork Brazil exported last year, buying 533,700 tonnes or 3.9 per cent more than the year before. Figures given last week by an association of Brazilian producers of meat, ABPA, show Brazil sold pork to almost 100 countries last year, exporting 1.13 million tonnes, 11 … Continue reading "Brazilian pork sales to China grow to 533,700 tonnes in 2021"
12 January 2022
An advance party of Brazilian Olympic Committee officials is due in Beijing on January 24 to pave the way for the Brazilian team that will compete in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Xinhua says, citing the committee. The committee says at least four Brazilians have qualified to compete so far, and that the first of … Continue reading "Brazilian team getting ready for Beijing Winter Olympics"
11 January 2022
The International Conference on Renewable Energies and Ocean Technologies (REOTech) will be held at the University of Porto in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto from September 12 to 14, the organisers say. The REOTech website says the conference is being jointly arranged by the University of Porto; the Portuguese structural integrity society, SPFIE; the … Continue reading "Portuguese, Brazilian, Chinese inputs for Oporto conference"
11 January 2022
Brazil exported 86.83 million tonnes of soybeans last year, 5.3 per cent more than the year before, and China bought almost 60 million tonnes of those exports, according to the Brazilian association of cereal exporters, Anec. Anec says in its annual report, published last week, that Brazilian exporters of soybeans were quick to respond to … Continue reading "China the biggest market for Brazilian soybean exports"
7 January 2022
Ringway Deputy General Manager Zhang Chunhong believes newly simplified customs procedures will make the process of exporting Ringway musical instruments from China to Brazil more predictable, Xinhua reports. For 15 years Ringway has been exporting to Brazil the instruments it makes in the eastern Chinese city of Changzhou, and last year its sales were worth … Continue reading "Ringway manager welcomes new, easier way to export to Brazil"
6 January 2022
Official data show that annual growth of 28 per cent in exports to China, its main trading partner, helped give Brazil a trade surplus of US$61 billion last year, its biggest yet. Brazil exported goods worthUS$89.75 billion to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao last year, and imported US$48.34 billion worth, 36.7 per cent more … Continue reading "Exports to China earn Brazil a record-breaking trade surplus"
6 January 2022
Official data indicate that the value of merchandise exports to Macao from Portuguese-speaking parts of the world grew to 643.3 million patacas (about US$80.1 million) in the first 11 months of last year, 3.2 per cent more than in the corresponding period the year before. Figures given by the Macao Statistics and Census Service last … Continue reading "Exports to Macao from lusophone world on upward trend"
6 January 2022
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) has celebrated 40 years since its founding by putting on a concert performed online by students in Macao, mainland China and the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao Daily says. The performers were students at the MPI, at institutions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and elsewhere in China, and at … Continue reading "Concert marks 40 years of the Macao Polytechnic Institute"
5 January 2022
Hanma Technology Group Co. Ltd of China says it has dispatched its first shipment to Brazil of the CAMC electrically propelled heavy-duty trucks it makes, which is also the first shipment of electric vehicles it has sent overseas, and the first to Brazil of any electric trucks made in China. Hanma Technology announced in writing … Continue reading "Shipment of CAMC electric trucks on its way to Brazil"
4 January 2022
Brazilian and Portuguese enterprises exhibited at the 23rd China Hi-Tech Fair in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the organisers say. The Brazilian Embassy in Beijing, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and the government of the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso jointly set up the Brazilian pavilion at the fair, according to … Continue reading "Brazilian, Portuguese exhibitors drawn to China Hi-Tech Fair"
4 January 2022
A senior official of the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has called for Macao to cooperate more closely with Portuguese-speaking parts of the world that join China in its Belt and Road initiative, the Macao SAR Government says. The government issued on Wednesday a written statement quoting NDRC Vice-chairman Ning Jizhe as remarking … Continue reading "Macao urged to cooperate more with lusophone countries"
30 December 2021
JBS SA of Brazil will start retailing its products in China, selling the meat it supplies on the JD.com website, the Chinese e-commerce company says. JD.com announced online on Monday that its fresh food business, JD Fresh, and JBS have got together to promote sales of JBS meat products among 500 million or more potential … Continue reading "JBS to retail meat products in China on JD.com website"
29 December 2021
A series of 10 weekly events to promote sales of food, drink and other goods produced in Macao and parts of the Portuguese-speaking world, being put on by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, has earned the praise of exhibitors and visitors alike, the Macao Daily says. Since November 20 one such … Continue reading "IPIM lauded for helping sell products of lusophone world"
28 December 2021
A subsidiary of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd (GPHL) of mainland China has opened a factory in Macao to make products for the practice of Chinese traditional medicine, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes GPHL President Li Chuyuan as saying at the opening last Friday that Portuguese-speaking parts of the world are among the main … Continue reading "GPHL Macao arm opens factory to serve lusophone markets"
16 December 2021
The ZLF law firm on the mainland Chinese island of Hengqin, next to Macao, has been helping Chinese investors in the Portuguese-speaking world solve legal problems, Lusa reports. A report carried by the Portuguese news agency last Sunday quotes ZLF Director Chen Yi as saying their favourite place to invest is Brazil. Ms Chen said … Continue reading "Hengqin lawyers help Chinese investors in lusophone world"
16 December 2021
Macau Plaza, a shopping website where mainland Chinese consumers can buy products made or distributed by other enterprises in Macao, has opened for business, Lusa reports. The plan is to make Macau Plaza accessible in mainland China through TikTok, Kuaishou, Tmall Global, JoyBuy and the WeChat mini-app, according to a report carried by the Portuguese … Continue reading "Macau Plaza begins selling goods online in mainland China"
15 December 2021
A Chinese Communist Party official in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, Hui Jianlin, has said that for 10 years Macao has served Jiangsu as a window on the lusophone world, the China News Service (CNS) reports. Mr Hui, of the party’s Jiangsu Provincial Standing Committee, said so in Macao last week at a meeting … Continue reading "Party official describes importance of Macao to Jiangsu"
15 December 2021
Logistics and food deals between enterprises in Macao and the Portuguese-speaking world were among over 80 struck at three fairs held in Macao last week, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. IPIM issued a written statement quoting one Macao exhibitor as saying wine tastings led to some Macao traders in Portuguese … Continue reading "Macao, lusophone countries do business at PLPEX, MIF, MFE"
14 December 2021
The government of Brasília says it has formally opened 20 new playgrounds for children in and around the Brazilian capital. The local government announced in writing that the playgrounds were declared open in a ceremony held online last week. The announcement says the Chinese Embassy in Brasília made gifts of playground equipment, books and toys … Continue reading "Chinese donations equip children’s playgrounds in Brasília"
13 December 2021
Brazilian supplier of meat BRF SA is planning to build and run a meat production facilityin mainland China, Reuters reports, citing BRF Vice-president of International Markets Patricio Rohner. Building the facility is paramount if BRF is to increase the business it does in China while the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts international logistics, a report carried by … Continue reading "BRF planning to build facility for producing meat in China"
