Brazil is the world’s largest producer and exporter of soybeans and is benefitting from a rise in Chinese demand for the commodity.
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Lower freight costs, higher production and a rise in the price of oil from competitor Saudi Arabia will see a sharp surge in volumes.
China’s main Portuguese-speaking trade partners between January and May this year continued to be Brazil, Angola and Portugal.
A wet winter, followed by dry months and an increase in temperatures has led to ‘good development conditions’ a growers’ representative says.
President João Lourenço says the southern African nation should develop its own shipyards to better contribute to the security of the Gulf of Guinea.
Remarks by the head of the Portugal-China Parliamentary Friendship Group come in the wake of Lisbon’s effective ban on Huawei.
The vessel is manned by nearly 130 medical personnel and will provide medical services free of charge to people in the Southeast Asian nation.
But huge challenges remain if President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to fulfil his goal of ending deforestation by 2023.
When complete, the game-changing FIOL railway will connect mines in Bahia to Brazil’s Atlantic ports, drastically improving logistics and lowering costs.