The value of Chinese exports to East Timor increased by 3 percent year-on-year in 2014, according to the latest report from East Timor’s central bank. China climbed two spots to become East Timor’s third largest provider of imports last year, selling it goods worth US$41 million.

The ties between China, Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking Countries should be strengthened, Portugal’s Secretary of State for Economy Leonardo Mathias said in Beijing. The official is currently in China with a Portuguese delegation for an eight-day visit.

Guinea-Bissau is reviewing major contracts – including some in the mining sector – that were signed by previous governments, Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira told news agency Reuters. Mr Simões Pereira said the review was also aimed at diversifying investment in services such as maritime transport and telecoms.

China’s trade flows are expected to maintain a growth of “low- to mid- single-digits” this year despite mounting pressure on the economy, said the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

China and Mozambique should strengthen co-operation across different fields, said the Chinese Ambassador to the African nation, Li Chunhua.

Brazil had a trade surplus of US$491 million in April, data from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade showed on Monday. The country posted a trade surplus of US$460 million in March.

Chinese exports to Cape Verde increased by 144.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015, Cape Verdean newspaper A Semana reports.

A delegation led by Portuguese Secretary of State for Economy Leonardo Mathias begins a visit to China on Tuesday. Its aim is to “strengthen cooperation” between the two nations, Portuguese news agency Lusa reports.

China’s telecommunications service firm Huawei Technology Co “is establishing a partnership” with the Government of Angola to develop security projects for the public sector, Angolan news agency Angop reported.

The Government of Brazil is focused on expanding trade relations with China, seeking to boost sales of Brazilian products, reports Agência Brasil.

A Chinese agricultural mission sent to Guinea-Bissau has helped increase the rice production of the West African country, reported Xinhua, a state-run Chinese news agency.

The Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique, Li Chunhua, has called for more Chinese investment in the African country’s southern province of Gaza.