Brazil

Businesspeople from the State of São Paulo, Brazil, attend 1st China Import Expo

25 October 2018

A delegation of 120 businesspeople from the Brazilian State of São Paulo will take part in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, taking place in early November, Brazilian newspaper Diário do Povo reported.

Brazilian coffee producers attend 1st China International Import Expo

25 October 2018

Brazilian coffee production cooperative Minasul will begin its internationalisation process by taking part in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE), said one of the cooperative's officials.

China’s Ant Financial interested in IPO of Brazil’s Stone Pagamentos

23 October 2018

Ant Financial Services Group, of China's Alibaba group, will invest US$100 million in the initial public offering (IPO) of shares of Brazilian company Stone Pagamentos, according to local press reports.

23rd MIF and 2018 PLPEX conclude with the signing of 75 protocols

22 October 2018

The 23rd Macau International Fair and the Exhibition of Products and Services of Portuguese-speaking Countries 2018 (Macau) ended on 20 October with the signing of 75 protocols, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) reported.

Brazil’s Embraer delivers 39 jet aircraft in the third quarter of 2018

22 October 2018

Brazilian aeronautical company Embraer delivered 15 jet aircraft for the commercial aircraft segment and 24 aircraft for the business aviation segment in the third quarter of 2018, the company said.

Brazil named guest country of CISMEF 2019

19 October 2018

Brazil is the guest country of the 16th China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF), to be held in the city of Guangzhou in October 2019, according to the Brazilian Ministry for Industry, Foreign Trade and Services.

Brazil’s Petrobras and China’s CNPC sign agreement to complete works of Comperj

18 October 2018

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has signed a contract with the China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company (CNODC), a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), to complete the works of the Rio de Janeiro State Petrochemical Complex (Comperj ) and investments in the Marlim cluster, in the Campos Basin, according to Braziliab news agency Agência Brasil.

Brazil’s JBS to increase meat production in response to Chinese demand

15 October 2018

Brazilian company JBS SA, one of the largest food companies in the world, will increase its production capacity at two of its factories to respond to demand for beef exports to China.

Chinese solar panels group plans to build factory in Brazil

11 October 2018

The Hanergy group, China's Hanergy Group, is looking for partners to build a flexible solar panel plant in Brazil, Hanergy Brazil president Han Rui said in an interview with Brazil's Portal Energia.

Chinese group Tencent buys stake in Brazilian company Nubank

9 October 2018

Chinese group Tencent plans to invest US$200 million to buy a 5.0% stake in Brazilian financial technology company Nubank, according to The Information website.

Vale Moçambique suspends work indefinitely on local complaints of pollution

8 October 2018

Vale Moçambique suspended work indefinitely on Thursday in Moatize, in Mozambique's Tete province, due to protests from local people complaining about pollution, according to Mozambican television channel STV.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries exceeds US$82 billion from January to July

3 October 2018

Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew 21.50% on year from January to July 2018 to reach US$82.149 billion, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Brazil’s competition regulator approves purchase of EDP group by China Three Gorges

26 September 2018

Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has unreservedly approved the potential takeover of the EDP - Energias de Portugal group by state-owned China Three Gorges, according to a dispatch issued on Monday.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 21.50% from January to July

20 September 2018

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries reached US$82.49 million from January to July 2018, a year-on-year increase of 21.50%, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

PLPEX 2018, in Macau, has a bigger area and more exhibitors

20 September 2018

The area dedicated to this year's edition of the Exhibition of Products and Services of Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), or PLPEX 2018, has been increased to 6,000 square metres, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) announced.

China buys almost half of Brazil’s soybean production

17 September 2018

China acquired 50.9 million tons of soybeans between January and August or 42.7% of Brazil's 2017/2018 production, which total 119.3 million tons, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.

Companies from Brazil plan to start taking advantage of credit line to Angola

14 September 2018

A syndicate of Brazilian private banks is due to release the first tranche of a US$2 billion credit facility opened by Brazil in favour of Angola within three months, the Brazilian ambassador to Angola said in Luanda.

Brazil-Angola trade reaches US$1 billion in 2017

13 September 2018

Two-way trade between Angola and Brazil reached around US$1 billion in 2017, the Brazilian ambassador to Angola, Paulino Franco de Carvalho Neto, said on Wednesday in Luanda.

Angola’s Biocom increases production and turnover

13 September 2018

Angola's Bioenergia de Angola (Biocom) expects to bill US$220 million this year, an increase of 15.8% compared to the US$190 million recorded in 2017, one of the company's directors said on Wednesday.

Angola closes embassy to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

11 September 2018

The Angolan embassy to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in Lisbon is one of eight diplomatic representations that the country plans to close by next November, the Angolan foreign minister said on Monday in Luanda.

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