Pedro Bottesi Neto is one of the few Brazilian executives in Arab companies. In Riyadh, Bottesi is the Business Development director at Maaden, the largest Saudi mining company.
Author: Isaura Daniel
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.
Development Bank already funds Brazilian machinery purchases in Argentina and is now negotiating the same with other nations. According to Lula, the credit line should be made available in Africa too.
Sales to the Arab world totalled US$ 1.037 million up to July, expansion of 23%. The Saudi market was responsible for purchases, being the third main importer of Brazilian oranges in the period.
The first phase of works has been completed at residential and leisure complex Termas do Tabuleiro. A total of 40 houses have been delivered, and now a hotel and a spa will be built.
DRO produces flowers, fine herbs and sprouts for gastronomy. The company supplies the main restaurants in the city of São Paulo and plans to invest in the foreign market in future.
Professors from Viçosa are training Algerian technicians to develop the Touil water basin. The institution has three projects for cooperation with Algeria.
Mini Humanos already sells to Angola and Spain and wants to enter the Arab market. The brand dresses up children aged zero to 10, using themes such as rock’n’roll music, Woodstock and Santos Dumont.
A total of 7.2 million tonnes were imported from January until July, as against 4.5 million tonnes in the same period of last year. Brazil purchases 70% of its needs from abroad.
The Saara market, in Rio de Janeiro, should be the setting for a movie by Estevão Ciavatta. Life between people of different origins, mainly Arabs and Jews, will be the central theme.
The club, established by Arab immigrants, promotes competitions about cuisine in the region. Registration is open up to the 31st of August and people who don’t work in cuisine may participate.
Companies Leal Santos, based in Rio Grande do Sul, and Jealsa, from Spain, have joined forces to can sardines and tuna. The sardine will be supplied by Morocco and the products will be sold in Brazil.
Foreign sales of the group totalled US$ 202 million in the first half of the year, with growth of 54.5% over last year. The reheating of markets helped in the performance.
Brazilian sales to the Arab market totalled US$ 1.1 billion in July against US$ 883 million in the same month in 2009. Purchases of food made for Ramadan influenced the performance.
The market imports fashion, food and building material above the world average. The conclusion was drawn by a survey of the Arab Brazilian Chamber, which has published new data on its site.
