Multimax, based in the city of Campinas, in the interior of the southeastern state of São Paulo, had a greater than expected sales return during the Brazilian Week & Trade Exhibition in Dubai. The company closed contracts with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates.
Author: Geovana Pagel
The Brazilian coffee stand at the Brazilian Week & Trade Exhibition in Dubai was one of the most visited. The representative of PSI-Café, the São Paulo Coffee Industry Union (Sindicafé-SP) export program guaranteed that never before had he been so well received at an international fair.
Amanco Brasil, which has factories in the states of Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Pernambuco, signed a US$ 50,000 sales contract to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the Untied Arab Emirates. Starting in 2004, the company intends to sell around US$ 250,000 per year to the region.
The cashew nut processing industry in Ceará state, in northeastern Brazil, currently exporting to Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, is now negotiating with the United Arab Emirates. The company president stated that participation in the Brazilian Week & Trade Exhibition in Dubai has confirmed the potential in the region.
Green by Missako already has a franchise in Riyadh, and intends to install up to 20 new stores in the Middle East and North Africa.
The industry from the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, which already exports to many countries and started trading with the Middle East this year, intends to improve relations with the region and increase the volume of shoes shipped after participating in the event in Dubai between December 7 and 9.
The main objective of the fair, which brings together Brazilian companies, businessmen, foreign investors, and Brazilian and Arab authorities from the most varied of sectors, is to show all the commercial and economic potential of Brazil.
Brazilian cannery is developing products to increase export to the Middle East. From December 7 to 9, Oderich will be taking samples of all its products to United Arab Emirates.
The event will include Brazilian companies in the most varied of sectors, businessmen and foreign investors, Brazilian and Arab authorities, and will show visitors the Brazilian commercial and economic potential.
Graphia – Graphic Arts Industry Alliance, established in 2003 to increase export by 40 Brazilian companies in the graphic arts sector, hopes to sign contracts for over US$ 1 million in the United Arab Emirates.
Brazilian granite producer Gramazon, based in the northern state of Rondônia, shall be participating in the Big 5 fair, in Dubai, from November 29 to December 3, where the company intends to close seven new deals. Two months ago, the enterprise agreed on a partnership with company B2B Internacional, which operates as a representative in the region.
The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait were the first customers. Nowadays the two countries buy 20% of all the company sells on the international market. The group is already negotiating with Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
Dubai will house the event, named Big 5. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, with the support of the government, will be taking representatives from 15 companies.
SSG Comércio Internacional, with head offices in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, was responsible for the transport of electrical equipment to be used at an oil pole in Dubai. Next month, company representatives shall be traveling to the United Arab Emirates to prospect new markets in the region.
