Exports of the product to the region totalled US$ 8.7 million in the first half of the year. Among the fruit sold are chestnuts, apples and limes.
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.
Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia have been defined as focuses for the export program of cooling, air conditioning, ventilation and heating industries of Brazil.
Sudanese public and private sector representatives visited units of Embrapa in late June. They became interested in receiving training in agriculture-livestock integration systems.
The trade show will be held from August 15th to 22nd, in Syria, and will have a stand organised by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, which is accepting submissions from Brazilian companies.
Exports of the commodity, which stood at 19.9 tonnes from January to May 2007, increased to 1,100 tonnes this year. The state of Rio Grande do Sul (S) answered to over half the sales.
Fenearte, an art fair held in Olinda from July 4th to 13th, will feature exhibitors from the United Arab Emirates. The event should generate US$ 12.5 million, according to the organisers.
Brazil posted revenues of US$ 166 million from sales of iron ore to the Arab market in May. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain were the leading buyers.
Owned by group Paquetá, the brand has two outlets in Egypt and should have another before the year ends. In the Middle East, 30 stores will be established in five years.
São Paulo-based Novo Mel is negotiating with importers from Dubai to sell its products. The company offers honey ranging from sachets to one-kilogram packages.
The Gramado Tourism Festival, to be held in November, will feature exhibitors from Brazil and 30 other countries. Qatar Airways and Emirates Airline will attend, but organisers want more.
Chicken, footwear, engines and clothing made in Brazil all have a fixed address in the Arab world. The national industry already owns offices and factories in the region. Even banks are out there.
Artist and businesswoman Celene Sitônio, from the city of João Pessoa, produces handbags, belts and luxury costume jewellery. The products are sold at sophisticated shops in Europe, Australia and Brazil. Now the artist plans to enter the market of the Emirates and also to win Arab consumers.
Brazil is going to send an astronaut on a mission to space for the first time on March 22. Lieutenant-colonel Marco Pontes is going to take with him, on the spacecraft, nine results of Brazilian scientific research, among them a tropical tree, the result of work developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation.
Leaders in the Islamic and Arab communities heard by ANBA believe that the official version of the Koran in the Portuguese language will serve as a reference both for Muslims as for people of other beliefs. A better comprehension of the Islamic religion on behalf of the Brazilians should be one of the results of the initiative.
