São Paulo – Arab importers will attend the 10th edition of the Automec International Auto Parts, Equipment and Services Fair, due April 12th to 16th in São Paulo. They will take part in business roundtables with Brazilian auto parts companies during two days.
Saleh Awwad, of the Jordanian company Control Links Engineering, is seeking diesel engine parts, truck parts, turbo compressors, filters, and agricultural vehicle parts. The Syrian businessman Viken Kupelian, owner of the Hagop Kupelian company, will come to Brazil to negotiate assorted electric parts.
The Saudi Parts Center Company is interested in importing replacement parts. A representative of the Etco General Trading, based in the United Arab Emirates, will be in São Paulo seeking drive shafts, bulbs, lights, clutch friction discs, wheel bearings and rubber parts.
The roundtables will be held on Tuesday (12th), from 02:00 pm to 06:00, and on Wednesday (13th), from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm, with previously scheduled meetings lasting half an hour each. Approximately 50 Brazilian enterprises will negotiate with importers from 20 countries.
Aside from the Arab countries mentioned above, the roundtables will feature representatives of enterprises from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Kenya, Romania, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The Brazilian auto parts sector
According to data supplied by the Brazilian Association of Auto Parts Manufacturers (Sindipeças), the industry posted revenues of 86.38 million reals (US$ 54.2 million) in 2010. Out of that total, only 7.5% were export-related.
Foreign sales reached US$ 9.60 million last year, whereas the country imported the equivalent of US$ 13.14 million, resulting in a deficit of roughly US$ 3.54 million. The five top markets for Brazilian auto parts last year were Argentina, the United States, Mexico, Germany and the Netherlands.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum