A farm lobby group, CNA, says agriculture and agribusinesses accounted for 23.5 percent of Brazilian gross domestic product in the first 10 months of this year, the most for 13 years, Reuters reports.

State-owned China Development Bank has agreed to lend Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras US$5 billion, repayable in 2027, Petrobras says.

The Angolan central bank has raised its main interest rate to 18 percent from 16 percent to curb consumer price inflation, Macauhub reports.

Official figures indicate that the annual rate of growth in Brazilian gross domestic product was 1.4 percent in the third quarter of this year, largely because of a rise in capital spending, Reuters reports.

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has formed a partnership with Pestana Hotel Group of Portugal with a view to tapping new markets for hotel accommodation in Asia in general and in China in particular, Reuters reports.

The Angolan authorities give priority to countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism in their draft five-year plan for the Angolan financial system, which covers the period from 2018 to 2022, Angop reports.

CITIC Agri Fund, which is controlled by Chinese conglomerate CITIC Ltd, has announced the completion of its US$1.1 billion purchase of the Brazilian seed business of Dow Chemical Co. of the United States, Reuters reports.

Chinese courier company STO Express will set up in the first half of next year a shopping website where Brazilians can buy Chinese products, O Globo reports.

The National Administration of Conservation Areas in Mozambique has announced that it is negotiating with China about ways to co-ordinate measures to counter trafficking in wildlife, AIM reports.

Macao University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Co-operation, an arm of the Ministry of Commerce, will publish next September a document on research into economic co-operation by China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries, the China News Service reports.

State Grid Corp. of China is interested in bidding for more concessions to operate power transmission lines in Brazil, Reuters reports.

Representatives of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade and the Business Leaders Group of Brazil have signed an agreement with a view to increasing Chinese imports from Brazil, Agência do Brasil reports.