The country will promote an international forum, in December, in order to introduce its stock market to foreign investors and increase the knowledge of local businessmen.
Author: Aurea Santos
Six Arab films are being shown at the 33rd São Paulo International Film Festival, to take place up to November 5th. Egyptian director Marwan Hamed is competing among the new directors.
Organic Foods and Café is participating in the business roundtables at Biofach, which is taking place in São Paulo. The company plans to increase its purchases by up to US$ 3 million a year.
Twenty six Brazilian civil construction companies will attend the Big 5, the Arab world’s leading fair for the industry. Fifteen of them attended a preparatory lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
An agreement between Petrobras and the Sebrae has already qualified 2,300 Brazilian small companies to supply oil and gas. They are also prepared to operate abroad.
Starting in 2010, the exclusiveness of Latin fonts in URLs may come to an end with the adoption of Arabic characters and other Asian languages.
Agricultural production of Brazil finds fewer sanitary restrictions in the Arab countries when compared to other markets, according to the Fiesp. The region should be explored further.
Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the IMF, states that the growth forecast for the country should be revised up.
Emerging economies should grow faster than developed countries, according to an IMF report. The recovery of prices of agricultural products, that both regions produce, should help.
In a panel promoted at the Encomex, Rodrigo Solano, from the Arab Brazilian Chamber, pointed out high per capita income as an important factor making the Arab market attractive to Brazilian companies.
The minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates and the DP World CEO visited yesterday the area of the largest private port terminal in Brazil, to be built in Santos. DP World partners in the project.
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, should give a talk to businessmen from Paraíba next Thursday (22). Admittance is free.
Over 300 Brazilian companies have already got halal certification, guaranteeing the presence of their products in the Muslim countries.
Brazilian Zebu farmers sent a mission to Egypt to witness the country’s project for genetic improvement of the race. They will also discuss breeding the Brazilian Zebu with the Egyptian Baladi.
