Brazil

Angola’s Biocom wants protection from international competition

4 March 2019

The board of Angolan bioenergy company Biocom intends to adopt measures to protect the Angolan sugar industry and to "eliminate unfair competition between domestic and imported sugar," said the deputy director general.

China’s new ambassador to Brazil proposes long-term food supply contracts

28 February 2019

China plans to increase its presence in Brazil's food processing sector and sign security control agreements that will allow for bilateral long-term supply contracts, said the new Chinese ambassador to Brazil.

China Communications Construction interested in building bridge in the Brazilian state of Bahia

21 February 2019

The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and the China Railway Construction Corporation are considering joint participation in a tender for the construction of a bridge in the Brazilian state of Bahia valued at US$1.4 billion, the Valor Econômico newspaper reported.

Brazil wants to increase exports of orange juice to China

21 February 2019

The Brazilian Association of Citrus Juice Exporters (CitrusBR) is holding meetings with the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Chinese officials to increase exports of orange juice to China.

China grants tax exemption to 14 Brazilian chicken meat export companies

20 February 2019

China has announced that it will exempt 14 Brazilian companies, including BRF and JBS and considered to be the world's largest suppliers of chicken meat, from anti-dumping taxes.

Chinese company BYD to build surface metro in Salvador, Brazil

18 February 2019

Chinese company BYD, which specialises in energy solutions, has signed a contract to build the Salvador metro railway system in the state of Bahia in northern Brazil.

Brazil wants to increase wine and juice sales in China

18 February 2019

Brazilian wine, sparkling and organic grape juice producers have focused their international sales strategy on China with the aim of increasing their presence in the country, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Brazil’s Embraer delivers 181 jet aircraft in 2018

12 February 2019

Brazilian aeronautical company Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Embraer) delivered 181 jet aircraft in 2018, 90 of which for the commercial aviation segment and the remaining 91 for the business aviation segment, the company said in a statement released on Monday.

Construction of hydroelectric facility in Laúca, Angola, completed this year

11 February 2019

The last two turbines of the Laúca hydroelectric project, with a capacity of 333 megawatts of power each, are due to go into operation by the end of the year, engineer Yamba Ambrósio of Odebrecht Angola, a subsidiary of the Brazilian group Odebrecht, announced on Saturday.

Getúlio Vargas Foundation studies China-Brazil relationship

8 February 2019

Studies and analyses about China and its relationship with Brazil are the basis of a recent scientific and academic cooperation agreement between the Brazil-China Studies Centre of the Rio de Janeiro Law School of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation and the Brazil-China Business Council, the Brazilian press has reported.

Brazilian agency to support Macau IPIM to open office in Brazil

1 February 2019

Brazil's export and investment promotion agency Apex-Brasil will provide all the necessary support for the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) to set up a representative office in Brazil, said Ambassador Mario Vilalva.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries increases 25% in 2018 to US$147.354 billion

31 January 2019

The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries reached US$147.354 billion in 2018, an increase of 25.31% year-on-year, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Brazil makes US$5.1 billion from coffee exports in 2018

31 January 2019

Brazil exported 35.2 million 60-kilogramme bags of green, soluble, roasted and ground coffee in 2018, an increase of 13.9% over the amount exported in 2017, said the chairman of the Coffee Exporters Council of Brazil (Cecafé).

Angolan bioenergy company plans to produce 100,000 tonnes of sugar in 2019

30 January 2019

Angolan bioenergy company Biocom expects to reach production of 100,000 tonnes of sugar this year, an increase of 37% compared with the 73,000 tonnes produced in 2018, said the deputy director general of company.

China interested in taking part in Brazil’s privatisation programme

24 January 2019

The Chinese government is willing to motivate domestic companies to take part in privatisation and partnership programmes to carry out investments that may be proposed by the Brazilian government, the Chinese ambassador to Brazil said on Tuesday.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries exceeds US$134 billion from January to November 2018

23 January 2019

The value of trade between China and the eight Portuguese-speaking countries totalled US$134.981 billion in the January-November 2018 period, a year-on-year increase of 25.27%, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

China and Brazil resolve commercial dispute over chicken meat

22 January 2019

China's Ministry of Commerce has accepted a proposal from Brazilian poultry exporters to end a dispute over dumping, a lawyer at MPA Trade Law told Reuters on Monday.

Brazil wants to diversify exports to China

21 January 2019

Brazil wants to diversify its exports and reach a greater number of bilateral partnerships, particularly with China, the country's largest trading partner, the new economy minister said in Brasilia at an audience with the Chinese ambassador.

China’s General Nuclear Power Corporation buys solar and wind power assets in Brazil

17 January 2019

The China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) group has bought all the existing solar and wind power assets of Italy's Enel group in Brazil, the group said in a statement released on Wednesday in Rome.

Chinese group Foton Motor to build truck factory in Brazil

14 January 2019

Chinese group Foton Motor intends to expand its presence in Brazil with the possible construction of a factory, according to a statement released by Foton Aumark do Brasil, a 100% Brazilian company and official importer of Foton trucks.

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