A lorry spent three months travelling 18 cities in seven Brazilian states to promote 65 tourist destinations. It was visited by 32,000 people. The last stop was on Monday, in Rio.
Author: Geovana Pagel
Last year, the country exported US$ 86 million in peanut products. For 2010, it is expected that the value should reach US$ 107 million. The Cup boosted sector sales.
Nicolini already has the Middle East as the main destination for exports. Now, it has signed a deal with an importer in Bahrain. Contact was made at Arab Brazilian Chamber business roundtables.
Representatives of the sovereign fund of the Arab country visited Brazil several times in recent years to evaluate partnerships in the agricultural sector, especially in irrigation in the Northeast.
Roughly 30% of exports by Tropical Bioenergia go to the Arab market. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco and Kuwait have been customers of the plant for two years now.
Of the 17 companies that are being established in the Suape Global Project, in Pernambuco, six are foreign. The projects should receive investment of US$ 1.5 billion.
União Química, a Brazilian company that owns three industrial parks, is negotiating with Gulf countries and intends to start exporting to the region in the next few months.
An executive at Binca International, which has a branch in the Emirates, should visit the New Millen factory, of dehydrated products, which participated in the Arab Brazilian Chamber Buyer Project.
The director general at Tags Retailers and the representative of clothes brand Giordono, from Saudi Arabia, are in Brazil participating in the Buyer project promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
The grain is among the products identified by the Market Development Department at the Arab Brazilian Chamber as presenting potential for Brazilian exports to the Arab nations.
The Institute of Arab Culture (Icarabe) has invited a group of specialists on the matter to teach classes on Tuesdays in June and July. Enrolment opens on the 25th.
Brand Mãos da Terra produces accessories adding conscious consumption to fashion. Though operating for just one year, it already exports to Germany and seeks other markets abroad, like the Emirates.
A popcorn vendor from Aracaju, the capital of the state of Sergipe, has become a supplier to the state-owned oil company Petrobras, which uses the grain in oil spill management simulations.
Vault, a company that specializes in integrated security systems and architectural shielding, has exported shields for bank branches in Nigeria and wants Arab clients.
