São Paulo – The Arab countries accounted for 0.7% of exports via Exporta Fácil from January to November of this year. The service is a simplified postal exports system offered by the public company Correios, which aids especially small and medium-sized businesses to send their products to the international market.
Last year, the Arab market had a larger share, 9% of total shipments made by Exporta Fácil in value, according to data send to ANBA by the Post Office. “With the increase in exports to the main destinations of Exporta Fácil, the Arab countries lost a significant part of their share in postal deliveries,” said the company, saying also that it noticed that some companies reduced their exports to Arabs.
Saudi Arabia was, both in 2016 and 2015, the main destination in the service among Arabs. The country accounted for 61.9% of deliveries made by Exporta Fácil to the Arab world in revenues, followed by the UAE, with 21.6%. Kuwait was the third largest destination with 5.5% of the total, with Bahrain in the fourth spot with 4.7%, and Lebanon coming in fifth with 1.5%.
Last year, 12 Arab countries received products from Brazil via Exporta Fácil. In addition to the five main ones, Morocco, Oman, Egypt, Tunisia, Qatar, Algeria and Jordan were also purchasers. In 2015, the destinations included these same countries plus Iraq.
The UAE’s share went from 1.27% last year to 21.6% this year. Kuwait’s participation also increased substantially, from 0.51% in 2015 to 5.5% from January to November of 2016. Bahrain went from 0.02% to 4.7%. In Exporta Fácil’s overall ranking of destinations, the Saudis stand in seventh place in the world.
The most exported products by the service to the Arabs in the year’s first eleven months were photo and optical instruments, plus apparel and accessories. Overall, among the most exported goods by Exporta Fácil are the same products sent to the Arabs, plus books and newspapers, jewelry artifacts and electrical material.
The Brazilian Post Office says that the Exporta Fácil solution fits all company sizes, but that the ones who take the most advantage are micro and small businesses.
“They don’t need structures that focus on international businesses and have a more simplified process, with lower costs and less red tape in comparison to the old system,” stated the Brazilian Post Office.
The Brazilian Post Office also makes its experts available in all states of the country to support the companies in their internationalization process via Exporta Fácil.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
