Brazil–Egypt relations
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Brazil–Egypt relations are the historic and bilateral ties between the regions that now constitute modern
History
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Diplomatic and consular ties between the two countries were established in 1906,[4] while bilateral relations were officially established in 1924.[5]
Economic and trade ties
The volume of trade between both countries reached around 1.5 billion dollars in 2009, with Brazilian exports in Egypt reaching the amount of 1.4 billion dollars and imports from Egypt reaching the amount of 87 million dollars.[2] Around 58% of Egypt's livestock imports are from Brazil. Egypt is the second major Brazilian export Arab partner, having imported in 2011, $2.62 billion from Brazil while it is only the seventh major Brazilian import partner, having exported in 2011, $344.72 million to Brazil with fertilizers, mineral fuel and cotton among the good exported by Egypt.[6] Egypt's main exports in 2009 were petroleum, aluminum, raw cotton and leather, whereas its main imports were poultry, oils, sugar, soya beans and meat.[7]
On 17 January 2013, Egypt ratified a
Business deals
On 24 October 2011, Egypt's
References
- ^ "Brief History of the bilateral relations between Egypt and Brazil". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt). Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ a b "Egyptian- Brazilian relations". State Information Service (Egypt).
- ^ Celso Amorim. "Brazil and the Middle East". American University in Cairo. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ^ Brinton 1968, pp. 25
- ^ "Bilateral relations". Embassy of Brazil in Cairo. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Brazilian trade and the Arab Spring economies". Daily News Egypt. November 19, 2012.
- ^ a b "Mercosur-Egypt free-trade agreement to exclude poultry". Egypt Independent. July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Egypt ratifies a Free Trade Agreement with MERCOSUR". Bilaterals. January 22, 2013.
- ^ "Egypt, Mercosur to complete free trade agreement in July". Reuters. April 14, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "EBX Group and Orascom Construction Industries Planning to Develop State of the Art Fertilizer Complex in Açu Superport, Brazil" (PDF). Orascom Construction Industries. October 24, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
- ^ a b c "Tycoons plan fertiliser project for Brazil". The Financial Times. October 25, 2011.
- ^ "Brazil: EBX group plans nitrogen joint venture with Orascom". N-P-K World. November 28, 2011.
- ^ "Brazil deal lifts Orascom". The National. October 26, 2011.
- ^ "Orascom Construction Industries - History". Archived from the original on 2005-01-12.
- ^ "OCI & FITCO Establish Fert-Trade JV in Brazil". Market Wired. November 18, 2009.
Bibliography
- Brinton, Jasper Yeates (1968). "The Mixed Courts of Egypt". New Haven, Connecticut: )