August exports go well for Goiás
15/09/2011
State secretary for industry and commerce, Alexandre Baldy, said on announcing the figure that this was the second-highest export total for a single month that Goiás has ever achieved. The record, $643 million, ocurred in June 2008.
He said China had become an important buyer of goods from Goiás, with leather among the main products shipped to clients there from companies in the Brazilian state. The Tannery of the Year for the Americas for 2011, Coming Indústria e Comércio de Couros, is from the state.
Other important export products are soya, beef, canola, copper sulfide and sugar. State governor, Marconi Perillo, has said he will make an official visit to China in the coming months to encourage growth in trade.
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