São Paulo – The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce received on Friday (4) inquiries by 20 Sudanese companies interested in importing products from Brazil, according to secretary general Michel Alaby, who is participating in Khartoum International Fair, in the capital of Sudan.
According to him, importers are seeking items like sugar, coffee, tropical fruit, building material, decoration objects and canned foods. The Arab Brazilian Chamber should forward the information to Brazilian exporters.
"It was the busiest day," said the secretary general. In the Muslim countries, Friday is equivalent to Sunday in the West. The fair opened on the 2nd, only for guests, and was opened to the public on the 3rd. It should end next Wednesday, 9th.
Brazil has a stand at the fair, organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and by the Brazilian embassy in Khartoum. According to Alaby, the most visited space at the stand is by the Brazilian Grendene, a maker of shoes.
The fair also received BRFoods, the owner of brands Sadia and Perdigão, of food products, Kepler Weber, which produces silos, Jumil, a producer of agricultural implements, Irriger, a company that makes irrigation projects and a Brazilian chemical engineer interested in producing ecological bricks in Sudan.
*Translated by Mark Ament
