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Article: BRAZIL: MATO GROSSO DO SUL: SALES TO THE ARABS UP 180%.
- Article from:
- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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According to anba: The midwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul was the state in the country that most expanded exports to the Arab nations in the first quarter of this year. Sales rose from US$ 16.2 million in the first three months of last year to US$ 45.4 million in the same period this year. The increase in revenues reached 180% and placed the state in the eighth position among the main exporters to the Arabs. According to the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, the growth is mainly due to exports of producers of beef and poultry installed in the state. Mato Grosso do Sul has units of large exporters in the meat sector in ...