MCIA está a estabelecer o programa da Loja para o Povo

30 de Julho de 2013, 01:26

O ministro do Comércio, Indústria e Ambiente (MCIA), António da Conceição disse que a sua instituição está a planear criar a loja para o povo a fim de trazer os produtos mais próximo do povo com preços mais acessiveis.

“Neste caso o Governo vai dar o seu voto de confiança às cooperativas que já têm o seu próprio capital, licença e estatuto de modo a tornar-se um parceiro do Estado porque o Governo não deve ser o patrono da loja”, explica o ministro.

A referida loja vai estar ligado às actividade cooperativas para que se possa desenvolver as mesmas e aumentar o sua capital financeiro e contribuir para as actividades de crédito e empréstimo.

Segundo a observação do ministro, o plano para o programa está a funcionar e da sua parte já tem identificado os grupos cooperativos, como por exemplo a cooperativa Caibana Uaimoa (Baucau), Iraluka (viqueque) e Lanamona (Maliana).

No próximo mês de Agosto o MCIA juntamente com o presidente da república, Taur Matan Ruak irão lançar a loja para o povo em Uato-Karbau, no distrito de Viqueque.

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East Timor businesspeople plan to promote coffee production in Mozambique

JULY 22ND, 2013    NEWS

A group of investors from Timor-Leste (East Timor) is expected to visit Mozambique in 2014 in order to promote coffee production for domestic consumption and export to the Asian market, the East Timor ambassador to Mozambique said.

Cited by Mozambican daily newspaper Correio da Manhã, ambassador Marina Alkatir also said that commercial feasibility and environmental impact studies would be carried out in several regions of Central and Northern Mozambique considered to be potential areas to produce organic coffee, “without causing much negative environmental impact.”

Alkatir noted that investors from East Timor would be part of a Timorese business mission that is due to visit Mozambique next year. The mission is expected to analyse other areas of potential investment in the agriculture and oil and gas sectors and to gather information about justice, higher education and police training.

The ambassador’s statement was made Wednesday in Maputo, on the sidelines of the first public-private economic and business meeting of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) held with a view to setting up a new model for relationships and to speed up the processes of administrative, judicial, fiscal and customs reforms. (macauhub)

East Timor the Portuguese speaking country that grew the most from 2003 to 2010

JULY 16TH, 2013    NEWS

East Timor was the Portuguese speaking country that posted the highest economic growth rate from 2003 to 2010, indicates a report released in Lisbon by Portugal’s National Statistics Institute (INE).

The study titled “Community of Portuguese Language Countries: brief statistical portrait” reports that East Timor posted an average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 17.2 percent from 2003 to 2010, ahead of Angola (13.3 percent), Mozambique (7.4 percent) and São Tomé and Principe (5.6 percent).

East Timor’s economic growth is largely linked to the major annual growth in exports (32.7 percent), driven by oil and gas.

This strong growth contrasts with what is happening in Portugal, last on the list, with an annual growth rate of 0.7 percent.

Also in the economic growth category, Brazil posted a positive evolution of 4.4 percent and Guinea-Bissau 3.1 percent.

In 2010, GDP at current (nominal) prices for the group of Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) was an estimated US$2,470.625 billion, of which Brazil accounted for US$2,142.418 billion (86.72 percent).

Portugal ranked second, though far behind, with US$229.351 billion (9.28 percent), and Angola third with US$82.471 billion (3.34 percent).

The other member countries did not together account for 1.0 percent of the CPLP’s overall GDP.

Per capita GDP in 2010 was an average of US$10,105, with above-average figures only in Portugal and Brazil, with US$21,561 and US$11,086 respectively.

On the other hand, the countries with the lowest per capita GDP were Guinea-Bissau (US$547.2) and Mozambique (US$426.0).

The INE also reported that from 2003 to 2010 GDP in volume (real) posted a positive average annual variation rate in all the CPLP countries.

The original document can be obtained at http://www.cplp.org/Files/Filer/cplp/12CPLP_2012_201307.pdf. 

(macauhub)