Around 560 textile companies based in the city have undergone training and many are already exporting. Maringá and its vicinities comprise a hub which manufactures 7 million clothing items each month.
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Isaura Daniel
A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance, she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes.
Specialists believe the commodity’s prices should remain stable, with slight expansion in the short and medium run. The product is among the main items in the Brazilian trade basket with the Arabs.
The company produces leather items and exports practically the entire production. Articles go to the United States, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Turkey and India. The target is to reach the Arabs.
Among the 100 products to have greater import tax for entry into Brazil, 24 are in the trade basket with the Arabs. Glass plates and polyethylene are the main ones.
The Arab country imported 139,000 pairs from the Brazilian city in the first half of this year. Sales there grew 19% in the period, while exports as a whole dropped 18%.
Sebrae agency is promoting a meeting between local micro and small businesses and importers in Salvador, Bahia. The 100-some businessmen who have registered thus far include an Arab distributor.
The state increased production from 12,000 tonnes in the early 1990s to over one million tonnes. The arrival of new entrepreneurs, development of technology and a promising market helped.
The expansion took place in the first months of this year. The Jordan Tourism Board promoted an event with travel operators on Thursday, in São Paulo, to promote the country as a destination.
An initiative in Ceará offers tourists routes to learn about the fauna, flora and the life of residents in the Caatinga. The biomes only exist in Brazil and have species that are only seen there.
The bed, bath and linen manufacturing company has exported to Saudi Arabia, Emirates and Kuwait but not this year, and is interested in selling more to the region.
With better trained Brazilian producers, suppliers of fertilizers will have to offer greater quality and services, said specialists during a Brazilian congress in the area, in São Paulo.
The Benefits of appreciation of the US currency on exports is being reduced by the global crisis, which reduces the demand and prices of some products abroad.
The São Paulo-based trading company got started doing business in the region and now supplies four Arab countries – Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Emirates – with truck and bus parts.
Three Arab nations that had changes in government bought more food from Brazil in the first seven months of this year. The growth in sales was above the average for the region.
