New Max, a maker of ingredients for the food industry, launched a powdered milk based on soy three months ago. Now the company plans to enter the foreign market starting with the Arab world. Company representatives were at the Arab Brazilian Chamber seeking information about the region.
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The National Confederation of Industries (CNI) will promote, from March 25th to May 25th, the Exhibit 200 Years of Industry in Brazil. The show, which will occupy an area of 1,250 square metres at the Museum of the Automobile, in the Brazilian capital Brasília, is comprised of 252 items representing the
The industry wants to increase its foreign sales by 20% until the end of the current year. The objective is to reach US$ 14 million, according to data disclosed by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency and Anafima, an association in the sector. These two organisations are carrying out a programme for encouraging exports of national musical instruments and audio equipment.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Market analysts have raised their projection for growth in Brazilian industrial production from 5% to 5.04% this year. The estimate was taken from the Focus bulletin, a weekly publication of the Brazilian Central Bank elaborated by research among 100 financial institutions regarding the leading economic indicators. By late 2009, a 4.5%
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The return on net assets for companies listed in the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) was 16.02% last year, according to Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. The percentage was greater than the one recorded in the United States, which was 14%. In the financial sector, the return
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Exports totalled US$ 3,228 billion and imports, US$ 3,387 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of US$ 159 million in the first week of March. The data were supplied by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, which discloses the weekly trade balance results every Monday. A negative result of
Diplomats in South American and Arab countries will engage in a series of activities to prepare for the summit of the two regions, to be held in Doha, in the second half this year. The event was one of the subjects discussed during a meeting of Arab foreign ministers last week in Egypt.
Importers from the Emirates and Saudi Arabia sought Brazilian organic products at Biofach, a fair for the sector held in late February in Germany. A Saudi buyer purchased coffee from a farmer based in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. In all, family farmers from Brazil closed deals worth US$ 2.6 million in the fair.
The export incentive programme of the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, entitled Central Exportaminas, has defined the Middle East as the focus of its actions for the current year and the next. Producers in the state are willing to sell their products to the region, and they want to use the United Arab Emirates as a local gateway.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The trade fair for the dental sector in Dubai, AEEDC, which began today (4th) in the United Arab Emirates, counts on the presence of 18 Brazilian companies. They are participating with support from the Association of the Manufacturers of Medical and Dental Products (Abimo). This is the second time
Company Alibra, based on the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, a maker of dairy products and powdered food mixes, aims to expand sales in the foreign market. The first country to be visited this year will be the United Arab Emirates, as the company is going to participate in the Gulfood, a trade fair for the food industry to be held in late February.
