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DID YOU KNOW? Brazil has the 4th largest share of primary energy from renewable sources.

On 7 November 2024, the official briefing of the Belgian Economic Mission to Brazil was held in Brussels.

As we conclude our participation in the successful FIT Business Summit, we look forward to the upcoming business awards ceremony this evening.

In preparation of the Belgian Economic Mission to Brazil from 22 November to 1 December 2024, presided by HRH Princess Astrid, which the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency is organising in cooperation with its partners, the FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), the Wallonia Export-Investment Agency (AWEX) and hub.brussels, both a bilateral trade note (in English) and an economic study of Brazil (in French and Dutch) have been conducted by the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency.

DID YOU KNOW? In 2024, Brazil is the 5th biggest country, the 7th largest populated country and the 8th largest economy in the world.

The conclusion of a good EU-Mercosur free trade agreement remains a shared objective.

From 22 November to 1 December, HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium will lead a Belgian Economic Mission to Brazil 🇧🇪 🇧🇷. She will be accompanied by HE Matthias DIEPENDAELE, Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation & Industry, Foreign Affairs, Digitisation and Facility Management and HE Pierre-Yves JEHOLET, Vice-President of the Walloon Government, Minister of Economy, Industry, Employment, Training and Foreign Trade.

Brazil will host COP30 in 2025 in Belém, at the gateway to the Amazonia.

In exaclty 1 month, a high-level economic mission led by HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium will head for Brazil from 22 November to 1 December 2024 🇧🇪 🇧🇷. Senior Belgian Ministers will accompany the Princess. The 400-strong Belgian delegation includes 300 leading businessmen, 23 academic representatives as well as high ranking officials of the country.

DID YOU KNOW? Brazil’s agricultural sector 🌱🎋🌿 accounts for 7.1% of GDP, employing 8 million people, or 8% of the working population (IBGE, 2024). The agro and food industry accounts for more than 40% of Brazilian exports. #BEmissionBRA

In the framework of the Belgian economic mission to Brazil 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 in November, the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency conducted an interview with HE João MENDES PEREIRA, Ambassador of Brazil to Belgium, about the Brazilian economy, its main assets and the strong relationship between our two economies.

We are pleased to announce the release of our paper ‘BELGIAN DEFENCE’, realised in cooperation with the FPS Foreign Affairs, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), the Wallonia Export-Investment Agency (AWEX) and hub.brussels.