LAAD Defence & Security brings together companies from the sector in Rio de Janeiro starting Tuesday (1).
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Out of the Arab countries, in addition to Egypt’s favorable position to secure a spot in the 2026 World Cup, Morocco and Algeria maintain good chances. The United Arab Emirates fired their coach, and like other nations in the region, it is still in the running.
Last year, the Arab nation grossed USD 37.9 million from glass and glass product exports to Brazil. The Egyptians moved from being the 10th largest exporter to the Latin American country in 2023 to the fourth in 2024.
As São Paulo’s orange groves struggle with greening disease, Egypt has expanded its orange exports to Brazil. Competing head-to-head with Spain, the Arab country sold USD 16.1 million worth of oranges to Brazil in 2024.
Phytosanitary requirements have been established to allow the Egyptian product to be exported to Brazil, thus authorizing these sales.
Annual price inflation fell to 12.8% in February, down from 24% in January. Vegetable prices saw an 8.2% drop, while costs for water, electricity, and gas remained stable.
The Arab-Brazilian Chamber’s office in Cairo hosted a meeting that discussed the creation of a Brazilian logistics zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
Egypt’s authority says an Egyptian-British mission has found the tomb of the 18th-dynasty king in Luxor. It is the first royal burial to be located since Tutankhamun’s in 1922.
In 2024, Brazil exported USD 23.68 billion and imported USD 10.18 billion from the Arab countries. The trade flow reached USD 33.87 billion, with a trade balance surplus of USD 13.49 billion.
The Arab-Brazilian Chamber has announced the balance of the Halal do Brasil project, through which, together with ApexBrasil, it promotes Brazilian halal products in Muslim-majority markets. A total of 124 companies have been ed by the program, and the number of countries reached is increasing.
A survey by UNCTAD indicates that investment flows reached USD 1.4 trillion last year, with a decline in volumes directed to Brazil and an increase to Egypt.
Brazil’s corn exports to Egypt alone grossed USD 1.1 billion in 2024.
Data released by Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock show that the United Arab Emirates and Egypt were the top Arab clients of Brazil’s agribusiness. Exports to the Middle East and Africa grew.
In an interview with ANBA, climatologist Carlos Nobre says Brazil has the capacity to reduce its emissions and notes that recent COPs have posed a significant challenge for this year’s event in Belém, Pará state.
