Factories in the Juruaia lingerie production hub made contact with an importer from the Emirates, at a fair in France, last year, and are now negotiating sales to the Arab market.
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.
Both countries are among the five nations that import higher value-added shoes from Brazil. The average price of shoes bought by Oman was US$ 75.93 in August. To Qatar, the price was US$ 64.96.
FertBrasil, a network formed by Embrapa, institutes and companies aiming at reducing the Brazilian dependence on imports should start operating in 2010. The goal is to develop new technologies.
A pipeline for ethanol, scheduled to start operating in 2012, should lower the product’s cost by around 25%. The project was created by company Uniduto, comprised of ten groups in the industry.
Social, cultural and digital inclusion project Casa Brasil, in the outskirts of Guarulhos, will dedicate, starting today, a week to the Arab country. There will be debates, dancing and film screening.
Emílio da Silva Museum, from Jaraguá do Sul, is promoting, starting today, a talk about Ancient Egypt. It brings replicas of items of the time of the pharaohs, like statues and mummies.
The company provides credit recovery and financial information services in Brazil and abroad. It operates through the TCM network, which has agents in 155 countries, including nine Arab nations.
Psychologist Síria Maria Mohamed, daughter of businessman Mohamed Zein El Abdine Sammour, published a book that teaches kids to deal with discrimination in the social insertion of children.
Exports of the product to the region grew 56% this year, boosted by company Villa Germânia, which exported to seven Arab countries, among them Saudi Arabia, to which it began selling this year.
Shoes from both Arab countries are part of the collection being exhibited at Canoas Shopping, in Rio Grande do Sul. They are folkloric pieces like embroidered babouches and wedding shoes.
Brazilian revenues from sales to the League of Arab States totalled US$ 6.05 bn from January to August this year. Shipments have decreased as a consequence of the business hiatus during the Ramadan.
The Trade Representative of Egypt, Mahmoud Mazhar, and the Arab Brazilian Chamber secretary general, Michel Alaby, visited the premises of Electrometer, a power metre factory with Egyptian capital.
The director of Interworld Foods, Abdul Rahima, is visiting Fruit & Log, a fruit and vegetable fair held in the city of São Paulo. He wants to gain better knowledge of Brazilian grape production.
Brazilian exports of ceramic tiles to the Emirates totalled US$ 4.3 million in 2008. According to a study by the Anfacer, there has been significant growth in sales to the Middle East since 2000.
