The Brazilian subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Brasil continues to accelerate the expansion of its activities in the country. On October 5th, BYD inaugurated a new dealership store in the State of Goiás. The inauguration occurred just one day after opening a new unit in Belo Horizonte-MG. This is the third BYD Brasil dealership store in the Eurobike group, focused on the premium automotive market.

China is expected to significantly decrease U.S. corn imports during the 2022-2023 marketing year, turning to Brazil as its main supplier, according to a report Global Agricultural Information Network released by the United States of America (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service

Brazilian beef exports reached 231 thousand tons in September and China bought 137 thousand tons of Brazilian beef, reaching a new historic monthly high that surpassed the previous record recorded in August this year, the Brazilian Meatpacking Association (Abrafrigo).

After four years of intensive construction, the port of Tibar, 10 kilometers west of Dili, the Capital of Timor-Leste, has recently come into operation. The port is the largest infrastructure investment project in the country since its creation and also the first modern container terminal.

Data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) indicate that about 8.35% of the products imported from China to Brazil in the first eight months of this year came from the acquisition of photovoltaic modules.

On the 3rd of October, the Ministry of Transport of Angola welcomes the last three units of ten trains produced by the Chinese company CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd. aimed at increasing the offer of passenger transport in Luanda.

The portuguese construction company Mota-Engil announced on the 3rd of October that its subsidiary Mota-Engil México, in consortium with CRRC, signed a contract of the Monterrey metro project in the amount of 1.3 billion euros.

The ambassador of China in Angola, Gong Tao, pointed out in a speech delivered at a Chinese National Day celebration event that the trade volume between Angola and China regarding the first eight months of the current year recorded a growth of 29.9 percent compared to the same period in 2021,

According to the Malaysian newspaper “The Star”, the director general of the Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam project announced that seven investors had already been shortlisted for the financing and implementation of the US$4.5 billion project in central Mozambique.

The State of São Paulo signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Shanxi Province, China. The signing took place in a virtual ceremony on the 29th of September where the signatories were the acting Secretary of International Affairs, Ambassador Affonso Massot, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Shanxi, Wu Shaozhong.

The Logigo Lliro, a Chinese electric car, arrives in Brazil for R$70,000. In Brazil, the vehicle was named the Logigo Lliro, but in China it is called the T90 and is sold by a local automaker called Jinpeng.

All eight Portuguese-speaking countries rose in 2022 in the “One Belt, One Road” Infrastructure Development Index ranking, an initiative announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013