The central South American country of Paraguay has signed an international cooperation agreement with Brazil and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the aim of combating the pest weevil that has been damaging ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton fields, cotton production
About Inmetro National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro) was created by law in December, 1973, to support t Brazilian enterprises, to increase their productivity and the quality of goods and services. ...
The main objective of the Quality Department of Inmetro is to provide companies of the productive sector, the regulating bodies and the consumers of Conformity Assessment programs, the rules and technical regulations, aiming to seek the ...
The most recent Inmetro poll carried out by Brazil´s major opinion poll agency - the “Ibope”, confirmed that Inmetro´s prestige among the Brazilian population is on the rise, especially on what concerns the evolution ...
There was no shortage of news for the cotton market to digest this week as ICE futures lost over 300 pts basis the K4 contract. Losses on Monday were re-couped on Tuesday ahead of the USDA's monthly WASDE report, which contained few ...
Robinsons Brewery, a UK-based regional beer maker, has expanded the distribution of its Hoptimum Prime spring seasonal ale to pubs across the nation. In January 2014, Robinsons announced that it will introduce six new handcrafted ales, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beer
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF has increased its holding in Abu Dhabi-based Federal Foods for $27.8m. The acquisition is a part of the Brazilian firm's strategy to expand its reach across the ...
More than 254 clothing and fashion accessory brands have gathered to showcase their latest creations at the ongoing 14th edition of the Minas Trend, an event that aims to promote the fashion industry of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. ...
Tags: clothing, fashion accessory
Brazil's motor vehicle output in March this year decreased by 3.6 percent from the previous month and fell by 17.6 percent year on year to 271,217 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, vehicle exports
Corn export demand has risen in the last month, and that's likely to push futures prices to a range of about 5 to 15 cents higher than a month ago, according to Wednesday's USDA-NASS World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn
Serac has taken 363 sqm of space at interpack, across two floors. It has rather a lot to show you. If you're interested it will send you free tickets to interpack. The company will be showing off its flagship products. The Combox-H2F, for ...
In February this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 20.03 million mt, increasing by 3.29 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, iron ore
A delegation of textile entrepreneurs from Pakistan’s Faisalabad recently visited the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, with the aim of cooperating in the textile sector. According to a statement issued by the Federation of ...
Tags: textile, textile sector, apparel industry
ArcelorMittal Brasil, Brazilian subsidiary of global steelmaker ArcelorMittal, has announced its financial results for 2013, indicating that the surplus of global steel production capacity is over 570 million mt, which still presents risks ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Small volumes of fuel ethanol from Paraguay were recently exported to Brazil, sources said Thursday. Brazilian trading houses purchased 5 million liters (1.32 million gallons) to be delivered in trucks to the states of Mato Grosso do Sul ...