Brazil-based micro and small exporters that operate in essential sectors such as food and energy keep exporting. But the COVID-19 crisis has heavily affected Brazil-based small-sized companies, according to SEBRAE competitiveness analyst Gustavo Reis.
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.
Cativa Natureza carried out effectiveness tests of their hand sanitizer lotion to boost sales during the pandemic and minimize the effects of the crisis. The product has a moisturizing and calming effect, too, and is available for exports.
The pandemic paved the way for cooperation among different rungs in the global supply chain and made it easier for countries to enter into partnerships, according to the speakers in an Arab Brazilian Chamber webinar.
Industries such as transport and ports had to rise to the occasion so trade would keep flowing amid the pandemic. The crisis ultimately fast-tracked digital solutions within the industry, according to experts from Brazil and elsewhere who were featured in an Arab Chamber webinar.
Next Wednesday (22) will see the second live stream since the lockdown began, this time focusing on logistics amid the pandemic. The events feature Brazilian and foreign speakers, with simultaneous translation into Brazilian Portuguese and English.
The Arab Chamber will host next Wednesday (22) its second online conference since the shutdown. Brazilian and foreign speakers will discuss issues in logistics and transportation of goods in international trade.
Importers are shifting towards Brazilian beef as an alternative to unavailable Indian buffalo meat. The subject was discussed in a webinar hosted by consulting firm Datagro and livestock industry association GPB.
Countries cut import duties to zero to facilitate the influx of foodstuffs, medicines and individual protection equipment, and forbid exports of goods considered essential during the crisis. Apex-Brazil covered the matter in an online conference and gave some examples.
Ibrahim Alzeben, Palestine ambassador to Brazil and dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, believes a global shift towards cooperation will come once the pandemic is over. Arab diplomats in Brasília are in touch with one another online to keep tabs on the situation.
Despite the novel coronavirus, the Brazilian poultry company said it exports are ongoing. Beef company Marfrig said its units are operating normally. Minerva, whose activities include food services, put all workers on leave at some of its plants.
Given the need to halt face-to-face activities in order to help controlling coronavirus, the Arab Chamber will use the social media to mark the date in Brazil.
Brazilian Foreign Trade Association chair José Augusto de Castro expects food products to be the industry least impacted by coronavirus when it comes to exports, although there will be repercussions from plummeting prices and issues at seaports.
Marcel Weichert, a Brazilian that works as a pilot in Dubai, is the artists of the exhibition with photographs taken in the UAE, Myanmar and the US. The pictures, mostly faces, shows the human diversity.
The president of Brazilian Academy of Letters has been in at least nine Arab countries. The experiences, friendships and dialogues in the region have become literature in the hands of the author.
