As Saudi Arabia starts showing interest in importing organic products, this type of agriculture is growing very fast in Brazil, 50% a year.
Author: Geovana Pagel
The state has broken its foreign trade records, especially in agribusiness, which represents 67% of total sales. Between October 2002 and September this year, export for the sector totaled US$ 4.08 billion, 12% over that registered last year. Among the business partners are the Middle East and North Africa.
The company, located in Piripiri, in the northeastern state of Piauí, has already signed an agreement with a Syrian representative and, starting in 2004, intends to get new customers and export approximately US$ 150,000 to the region. The wax is used for various purposes, from food production to chip making by Nasa (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – in the USA).
In 2004 Brazil should produce 1.1 million tons and export approximately 400,000, a 116% growth in international trade. Domestic producers are pleased with the commodity price increase on the international market.
Fanem, a company established in Guarulhos, the second largest city in the southeastern state of São Paulo, is a leader in the neonatal sector in Brazil. The company has been exporting to seven Arab countries for three years, and intends to increase sales to the region by 50% in 2004.
The good agribusiness performance in Brazil, especially in soy, has caused a rise in fertilizer consumption, which is produced with from raw materials imported from the Arab countries. This year there has already been a 17.7% increase in the purchase of these substances from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, and Morocco.
This year international sales of Brazilian honey should surpass 2002 sales in 40%. This performance, which is greatly due to a drop in Chinese export because of product contamination, has stimulated the apparition of many small apiaries. Apart from supplying to markets such as the European and the North American, the producers want to invest in new destinations, such as the Arab countries.
Negotiations started in January 2002, when the managing director of the Brazilian perfume company Água de Cheiro, Ricardo Pimenta, participated in a trade mission organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
Brasiliana company in Ceará state (northeastern Brazil) wants to produce and export food made from almonds and cashew nuts. So as to make the initiative, which counts on the support of the Ceará state government, possible, the business is after around US$ 200,000 investment.
Company Damazônia, which produces chocolate in packages depicting local culture, is present in various Brazilian states, and intends to grow through export.
Company Damazônia, which produces chocolate in packages depicting local culture, is present in various Brazilian states, and intends to grow through export.
The company from Brasilia (the capital of Brazil) takes bank technology to the Arab world. Expectations are for revenue of US$ 770,000 in three years.
The company, which has been exporting to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates since 2000, has now started business negotiations with new markets in Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco.
Business perspectives in the Arab market are excellent and should rise by 200% this year, said the president of a Brazilian consortium.
