The president of the Ceará Marble and Granite Industry Union (Simagran), Carlos Rubens Alencar announced that, in the first quarter of 2023, Ceará will start exporting marble and granite to China. This will be possible thanks to the understanding that the export trading companies maintain with the shipping companies, arranging a monthly ship to transport this cargo to the Chinese market.

Chinese technology company Huawei has invested over 58 million euros in a technology park in Angola, which will train 10 thousand Angolans and have innovation and advanced technology centres, inaugurated on November 14th by the Angolan president, João Lourenço. The technology park of Huawei in Luanda is the third in Africa, after Egypt and South Africa.

Resun Solar announced that it will expand its photovoltaic modules factory, located in the city of Changzhou, China, aiming to meet the demands of the Brazilian market. Scheduled for completion in the second half of 2023, the manufacturer will expand the area with the new segment in energy storage.

The Chinese Consulate-General in Recife recently received a decree from the Brazilian city of Recife, proposed by city councilor Cida Pedrosa, which establishes the Chinese New Year as an official holiday in the city.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) of Brazil sent a list to General Administration of Customs of China, which contains the first five companies authorised to export citrus pulp to China. Citrus pulp is the by-product obtained from juice extraction by the industry and is raw material for animal feed.

On the 13th of November, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, announced the first exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Rovuma basin of the Coral Sul Project of Mozambique.

On the 10th of November, a seminar was held online and offline to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the scientific and technological cooperation agreement between China and Brazil.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) informed on the 10th of November that it had successfully completed the formation test in the Curaçao-1 well in the Aram Block of the Santos Basin, in partnership with Petrobras.

As of December 1, China will waive all tariffs on 98% of related imports originating in Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, in accordance with the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council.

Brazilian beef exports (in natura and processed) reached 1.985 million tons between January and October, up 23% from the same period last year, driven by a steady increase in purchases from China, data from the meatpacking association released on the 8th of November.

As a distributor of components for bicycles and motorcycles and repair parts for Águeda, Sociedade Comercial do Vouga (SC Vouga) was appointed as the new national distributor in Portugal of iGPSPORT. From the 1st of December, 2022, SC Vouga will distribute the entire iGPSPORT GPS range in Portugal.

On the 8th of November, the São Paulo City Council announced that the urban fleet would grow by 2,600 units by the end of 2024. In order to comply with the decision of São Paulo, the Chinese company Higer Bus decided to increase its production of electric buses.