AICEP
Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal

Brexit could reduce the UK’s exports to the EU by -7.73 per cent by 2025, according to new analysis shared with City A.M. this morning.

Portuguese seafood business Brasmar Group has acquired a majority stake in Sedisal, a French distributor of refrigerated seafood products.

The luxury real estate market in Portugal has proved resilient during the pandemic, and is expected to continue to do so.

L’e-commerce alimentaire aux États-Unis a atteint précisément 97,7 milliards de dollars en 2021. Un nombre impressionnant certes, qui représente 13 % du chiffre d’affaires du retail alimentaire de ce pays.

Livraria Lello, one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal, is launching the first Arabic translations of two classic Portuguese poems at Expo 2020 Dubai.

EllaLink, the state-of-the-art optical fibre submarine cable that connects Europe with Latin America, partnered with the recently founded Sines Tech to support the organization of the conference "Meetings at ZILS: Sines Tech, EU-Atlantic Data Gateway Platform" that happened in Sines.

A socióloga Sofia Gaspar entende que surgiu, nos últimos anos, um novo perfil de investidor chinês através da política dos vistos gold. Outro paradigma novo, é o residente de Hong Kong que compra casa em Portugal como “segunda opção”, sem se mudar de imediato. As conclusões constam de um novo livro, editado por Sofia Gaspar e Irene Rodrigues, sobre a comunidade chinesa em Portugal e no espaço lusófono.

A China continua a sentir uma forte procura por profissionais que falem português, disseram à Lusa duas das co-autoras de uma obra académica sobre os estudantes chineses da língua portuguesa, que será apresentada na sexta-feira.

Portuguese retail group Jerónimo Martins surpassed the €20 billion sales milestone in full-year 2021, with all the group's banners contributing to its positive performance.

Octopia, la filiale de conception de marketplace de Cdiscount, étend ses activités. Depuis la mi-décembre, 5000 mètres carrés de surface de stockage ont été ouverts près de Madrid pour les clients qui lui confient leur logistique.

London’s Tobacco Dock will host an inaugural consumer-led festival in June, dedicated to Portugal’s wine, gastronomy, music and arts. The event is set to coincide with the Festa de São João, a famous event within Porto’s calendar where thousands travel to the city and surrounding neighbourhoods to celebrate Porto's patron saint, John the Baptist.

Rui Ferreira has been appointed to lead the public venture capital company Portugal Ventures.

The “Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK)”, today Germany’s bus operator with the most hydrogen buses, is currently testing a three-door fuel cell bus of the Portuguese manufacturer Caetano, model “H 2 City Gold”, with Toyota fuel cell equipment.

Elisa Veeck apresenta quatro episódios da série "Vinhos de Portugal: Tradição e Tecnologia", nos quais explora a indústria vinícola do país.

O vinho do Pico e o turismo vinícola da “ilha-montanha” estiveram em destaque numa sessão de promoção do Turismo de Portugal no leste da China, que foi transmitida ao vivo na televisão e Internet.

After raising over $250 million from firms like SoftBank last year, Brazil’s 2TM Group is expanding into Europe.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday spoke to his counterparts from Poland and Portugal, focusing on ways to expand overall bilateral cooperation.

Four promising European health start-ups have secured their place on Beyond Rheum, where they will work on solutions to help patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). After successful presentations to a jury panel, ABATON and Midaia from Germany, Promptly from Portugal, and Tucuvi from Spain were invited to join the programme.

Hamstrung by Covid-19, mainlanders – once Portugal’s most numerous tourists – stay away, as do many non-EU nationalities apart from Americans.

Portuguese utility EDP - Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) will install a 2-MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) array in Italy for local yacht builder and operator Italian Sea Group (BIT:TISG).

Study ranked the locations that provided the best working environments, while offering the best opportunities for an employee's free-time.

No ano passado, Portugal mais do que duplicou o seu recorde pré-pandémico de investimento em projectos de exportação, disse o chefe da agência governamental que promove o investimento e as exportações, mostrando que continua a ser um destino atraente para as empresas estrangeiras.

O Dia de Portugal é assinalado na Expo Dubai a 14 de janeiro, com várias atividades que se iniciam na véspera e culminam com momentos musicais e ainda a edição em árabe de Os Lusíadas e da Mensagem.

Portugal last year more than doubled its pre-pandemic record for investment in export-focused projects, showing it remains an attractive destination for foreign companies, the head of the state agency that promotes investment and exports said.

In 2016, Melgão Cacau e Chocolates was born and established as the first company in Portugal to transform cocoa into chocolate.

El Grupo de la Industria Biotecnológica y Farmacéutica de Cuba (BioCubaFarma), convocó a la comunidad científica global al Congreso Internacional BioHabana 2022, se conoció hoy.

Macau importou mercadorias no valor de 643,3 milhões de patacas (80,1 milhões de dólares) dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, nos primeiros 11 meses de 2021, mais 3,2 por cento do que em igual período do ano anterior.

Dois séculos depois, no ano em que celebra o bicentenário da sua independência de Portugal, o maior país da América do Sul descobre que afinal o seu “pai” é um coroa legal que até dá vontade conhecer.

High prices and growing demand in the olive oil market have spurred investments to expand and mechanize plantations that will automate the production process. This will enable increased production in the EU from a projected 2.2M tonnes in 2021 to 2.3M tonnes by 2025. Thanks to rising demand from Asia, top European exporters - Spain, Italy and Portugal - will boost shipments.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, announces the appointment of Arne Barden as President and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe-Sociedade Europeia de Automóveis, S.A, MFTBC’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Portugal.

Renewable energy plants have produced enough power to meet 59% of Portugal's electricity demand in 2021, data from power utility Redes Energeticas Nacionais (REN) shows.

O programa Academia da Cortiça na China, lançado pela Associação Portuguesa da Cortiça (Apcor), vai realizar 15 eventos de promoção em nove cidades chinesas entre 08 e 16 de janeiro.

As autoridades de Xian suspenderam a ligação aérea direta com Lisboa, durante o mês de janeiro, numa altura em que a cidade chinesa enfrenta um grave surto de covid-19, que obrigou a um confinamento total.

Selon une étude d’Accenture, le commerce social a généré 10% des dépenses e-commerce mondiales en 2021.

From October 1 until December 31, almost 30 per cent of all visitors came from outside the UAE.

The company will be equipping the GreenH2Atlantic project that will take place in Sines, Portugal.

The analysis of ancient DNA preserved in sediments is an emerging technology allowing for the detection of the past presence of humans and other animals at archaeological sites.

Zurich Insurance will release about $1.2 billion of capital by selling its Italian life and pensions back book to Portuguese insurer GamaLife, the Swiss company said on Monday.

España todavía no tiene en marcha ninguna fábrica de celdas de baterías para los vehículos eléctricos.

Secretary of State for Internationalisation, Eurico Brilhante Dias has said that 2021 was a “fantastic year, the best year in contracted investment since the creation of the Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade of Portugal (AICEP), whether in industrial investment or in direct investment foreign currency”.

Algae2Fish, a spin-off from the university’s Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences is taking aim at the cultivated fish market. Funding from the Good Food Institute is being used to support the project. The Portuguese team aims to produce a cultivated seabass fillet with all the nutritional benefits of conventional alternatives. Zero bones and no negative environmental impact are part of the mandate.

With its distinct and diverse growing areas, hundreds of native grape varieties, each often known by a plethora of names, and an ancient vinous heritage, Portugal’s laid-back Alentejo region is a wine explorer’s paradise.

Nine years on from its launch, the investment programme has netted 6 billion euros in return for awarding 10,170 visas.

Macau está de parabéns pelos 21 anos de criação da sua Região Administrativa especial (RAEM). Este regresso de Macau à administração chinesa concluiu um intenso processo negocial, que decorreu de forma empenhada e responsável entre o governo de Portugal e o governo da República Popular da China (RPC), no quadro constitucional de “Um País Dois Sistemas”.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA said Tuesday that it is partnering with Iberdrola SA on a series of maintenance contracts in Spain and Portugal totaling almost 2 gigawatts.

As visitas à Expo 2020 Dubai continuam a subir substancialmente, aumentando para 8.067.012 no período até 27 de Dezembro, uma vez que o encontro global mais significativo de 2021 continua a acolher os visitantes de forma segura e responsável.

On Sunday December 26, Prince Rahim met with His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, at the Presidential Palace, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).

CITEVE has joined The Microfibre Consortium as its research member, to support the textile and clothing industry through development and dissemination of scientific knowledge and technology.

A municipal junior high school in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, which has the second-highest number of foreign nationals in Japan after Tokyo, has been providing language assistance through translations of distributed materials and printouts for its large body of foreign students and their parents, many of whom are not fluent in Japanese.

Un acuerdo bilateral entre Cuba y China permitirá a la nación caribeña fomentar el comercio y el desarrollo económico a través de este mega proyecto global de desarrollo de infraestructuras en diferentes sectores.

Investors from Hong Kong and mainland China seeking permanent residency in Portugal may soon have to consider buying commercial property there rather than a residence, under new rules set to take effect in the new year.

Lightsource BP links with local gas utility to build up to 200MW of PV plants to power electrolysers.

In a country with a Total Addressable Market of 1.5 billion €, its comprehensive ecosystem with currently about 3500 resellers makes the company one of the dominant players in the market.

Social entrepreneur and Air Macau pilot Rui Manuel Pereira plans to take his family-run Ekithi Agrícola superfoods business to even greater heights.

A quoi ressembleront les expériences d'achat en ligne en 2022? Jusqu'où les e-commerçants peuvent-ils aller pour inciter les clients à revenir sur leur site ? ParcelLab a listé six tendances clés qui pourraient dominer l'e-commerce en 2022. Voici l'analyse.

El Presupuesto del Estado del año 2022 considera la recuperación gradual de la economía cubana en los niveles de actividad fundamentales, en un escenario complejo en el que persiste el recrudecido bloqueo económico, financiero y comercial del gobierno de Estados Unidos y los efectos de la crisis económica mundial producida por la COVID-19.

Cuba planifica continuar con una gradual recuperación económica y social en 2022, con un crecimiento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) a precios constantes en el entorno del cuatro por ciento, informó hoy el vice primer ministro y ministro de Economía y Planificación, Alejandro Gil Fernández, en la sesión plenaria de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular.

Churchill’s Gricha Vineyard House has been named as the top accommodation in Porto and Douro region by the ‘Best of Wine Tourism’ awards 2022.

As companhias angolanas de navegação marítima movimentaram, durante o primeiro trimestre deste ano, mais de um milhão de toneladas diversas de mercadorias, segundo o boletim estatístico da Agência Reguladora de Certificação de Carga e Logística de Angola.

Portugal next year could approve lithium mining that will reduce Europe's dependence on outside sources for a key ingredient in the frenetic global race to decarbonise the auto industry.

For the first time, AMfurniture Group integrates the luxury hospitality Xperience at Xenia, with an awe-inspiring and welcoming hotel bedroom set – Made in Portugal naturally.

Northvolt and Portuguese oil company Galp to build lithium conversion plant as initial European battery production set to begin.

The Portuguese research association INESC TEC just sold the rights of a patent family (a procedure known as assignment) that promises to change the future of wearables.

In his first public appearance since Amazon relaunched its Dutch webshop in March this year, country manager Roeland Donkers stated that the world’s largest online marketplace is very satisfied with the e-commerce results in the Netherlands so far.

The Portuguese investment firm made a binding offer to acquire 88 per cent of the broadcaster's shares owned by Naguib Sawiris' Media Globe Networks.

A RAEM é essencial nas ligações entre a China e a lusofonia devido à sua história, considerou ontem o presidente do Observatório da China.

O lançamento da comunidade Sines Tech–Innovation & Data Center Hub, cujo protocolo de cooperação foi assinado neste dia 15, vai permitir criar em Sines (Setúbal) uma infraestrutura para “habilitar o país” no processo da “transição digital”.

L'automatisation de l'échange vendeur/consommateurs via des chatbots poursuit son expansion, non sans induire des changements dans les attentes des consommateurs.

Para la mayor fábrica de baterías de litio de la UE.

El sector pronostica un año 2022 de gran actividad e incrementos de precios.

Le panéliste IRI a cumulé l’ensemble des ventes alimentaires livrées à domicile, en incluant notamment l’offre de la restauration. Résultat, avec plus de 10 milliards d’euros sur l’année 2021, ce marché est désormais plus important que celui du drive.

O embaixador chinês em Portugal afirmou ontem que a China pretende desenvolver as “excelentes” relações de cooperação e as parcerias com Portugal, que têm registado uma “boa tendência de desenvolvimento”, com “grande intensidade e com resultados promissores”.

Valoe Oyj (”Valoe”) and Simoldes Plásticos S.A. (”Simoldes”), a Portuguese company, have signed a Joint Development Agreement for the design, development, prototyping, and production of a photovoltaic car roof for a major European car manufacturer.

Ministers from both countries call for Macao to strengthen its role as a scientific and technological go-between.

La cadena de Juan Roig comienza en 2022 su asalto a Lisboa.

In an effort to promote the historic relationship between man and gold, the Porto and North of Portugal tourism board held it third and final event, whereby two experienced artisans exhibited their craftsmanship from the December 7-12 at Expo 2020 Portugal pavilion.

Northvolt will build a lithium processing plant with Portugal's Galp Energia with investments estimated at around 700 million euros (US$789.6 million), as demand grows for lithium-ion batteries to power electric vehicles.

El presidente la Diputación avanza que habrá denominaciones de origen de toda España, además de contar con la presencia de países extranjeros como Portugal, Italia, Suiza o China.

Durante uma visita a Hengqin destinada à imprensa em língua portuguesa e inglesa de Macau, a articulação dos sistemas legais do Interior da China, Macau e Hong Kong esteve no centro da equação.

O gigante de viagens chinês espera que a pandemia esteja mais controlada em 2022, com cerca de 90 por cento da população chinesa vacinada, para atacar o mercado europeu e investir em Portugal.

La localidad costera, en Portugal, celebra estos días la competición que reúne a los surfistas más osados del planeta.

To bring the finest Gondomar Goldsmiths to exhibit at the Expo 2020 Dubai.

Number of virtual visitors to global event hits 30m mark, up 5m in the last week alone.

Offers new ways to help prepare students for jobs of the future.

Durante 2022, la empresa portuguesa Simoldes, el fabricante de moldes de inyección para la industria automotriz más grande del mundo, establecerá una planta de producción en México.

Portugal's main utility EDP (EDP.LS) said on Thursday that it changed the terms of a 10-year strategic partnership with its largest shareholder, China Three Gorges (CTG), to give each company greater flexibility and autonomy to grow globally.

Car maker Seat and operator Pecosvasa Renfe Mercansias have launched a rail link to ship vehicles between Martorell (Spain) plant and the Volkswagen Autoeuropa factory in Palmela (Portugal).

The president of the Portuguese Furniture and Wood Products Association (AIMMP) says that exports of Portuguese products are likely to beat the record seen in 2019 by the end of this year.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced the European debut of its new luxury collection brand Vignette Collection in a landmark multi-property deal with JW Hotels & Resorts (JJW). The latest deal will see the opening of the Vignette Collection hotels in Portugal and Austria, as the launch of a new property for IHG’s voco™ hotels brand overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal’s Algarve.

Nuestro país sale castigado por la falta de motivación de los trabajadores y la no prioridad de las empresas por atraer y retener a los trabajadores mejor cualificados.

El Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí (IPK) recibe el apoyo financiero de la Agencia Francesa para el Desarrollo (AFD) para llevar a cabo el Proyecto de fortalecimiento de las capacidades nacionales de vigilancia y diagnóstico frente a las enfermedades infecciosas.

Le e-commerce a représenté 8,9% des ventes de produits de grande consommation en 2021 et devrait dépasser les 10% d'ici 2023 selon Kantar.

According to a recent survey conducted on behalf of 100% Cork and APCOR (The Portuguese Cork Association), 91 percent of the world’s top wines selected by Wine Spectator in 2021 are sealed with cork closures.

Eight million euro joint venture will expand locker network to 3,000 pick-up points across the Iberian peninsula.

Farfetch Ltd. has acquired luxury resale platform Luxclusif as the sector's interest in the second-hand market grows apace, marking the latest expansion at the British-Portuguese e-commerce firm.

Building on the success of its offices in Berlin, Luxembourg, London, Frankfurt and Vienna, Berlin-based fintech CrossLend is continuing its European expansion with the opening of a new office in Lisbon, Portugal.

La compañía tiene actualmente unos 6.000 empleados en el país.

Areas closer to the Expo 2020 site have picked up the race as well.

El Centro Cultural Brasil – México y la Embajada de Portugal convocan a unas jornadas de literatura, música, cine y gastronomía para acercar a México a la cultura portuguesa, expone Inbal Miller.

Macao and Hong Kong excluded from lengthy set of new regulations which are likely to complicate the export process.