Article: Ceara[acute accent] exports increase.

Brazil, Jun 9, 2003 (Gazeta Mercantil/SABI via COMTEX)

Ceara state, which has performed a campaign to attract industries to region over the past years, has seen its exports increase. The groups Vicunha Textil (textiles), Grendene Calcados (shoes), Bermas Industria e Comercio (leather), j.v. between the Sao Paulo-based Bertin and the Italian Rino Mastrotto, are amongst the main exporters. Bermas exceeded R$50mil in external sales in 2002. The Rio Grande do Sul-based Grendene, which employs 19,000 professionals in Ceara, traded US$40mil last year, 14% of the total output. The female shoes company Disport Nordeste, held by the Rio Grande do Sul-based company Paqueta, ...

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