São Paulo – The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) will inaugurate a new business centre abroad, in Moscow, Russia, next Monday (17th). The association already has centres in Beijing, China, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in Miami, United States, in Havana, Cuba, and in Warsaw, Poland. It should also open two other centres in Angola and Belgium.
The centres aim to promote the internationalization of Brazilian companies, foster exports and attract foreign investment into Brazil. The unit in Moscow will target Eastern Europe and will be launched in the city of São Paulo, counting on the attendance of Petr Pankratov, of the Russian Trade Bureau in Brazil, and the president of the Apex, Alessandro Teixeira.
With its Russian unit, which will be located at the capital’s new business centre, Moscow-City, the Apex will strengthen Brazil’s access to a market of approximately 150 million people. Russia is the 13th main trade partner of Brazil, and Brazilian exports to Russia totalled US$ 2.8 billion in 2009.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
