Importers from the region are attending industry expo Francal, in São Paulo, and the growth plans of exporting companies at the event include increasing sales to Middle East countries.
Author: Isaura Daniel
With the domestic market slumping, the sector searches for a recovery of foreign sales as a way to produce more. Decline of 11.2% in revenues should improve to almost half of this percentage until the end of the year.
FAAP is hosting a lecture cycle in São Paulo with one of the foremost specialists in Egyptian archaeology in Brazil, Antonio Brancaglion Junior. Classes will be taught on Saturdays from September to November.
Items by brand Del Lima, owned by entrepreneurs from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states, are sold at a store in the UAE’s Dubai Mall. High luxury line features diamonds, emeralds and rubies.
An executive from Investe SP convened with Arab Brazilian Chamber C-level executives to discuss joint actions. The goal is to attract Arabs into partnerships in São Paulo and encourage exports from the state.
Four Brazilians that live in Lebanon mobilized to help in the survival of Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley. They already collected more than 200 boxes of provisions.
The footwear and accessories expo will run from July 6th to 9th in São Paulo, and at least 16 buyers will attend from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon and Sudan, at the organizers’ invite.
After 53 years in Brazil, professor Helmi Nasr will go back to his homeland. The translator of the Koran from Arabic into Portuguese, he feels his mission is accomplished. ‘I return to Cairo at peace.’
The city welcomed last week a team of the International Theatre Institute headed by its president, the Arab Mohammed Saif Al-Afkham, to prepare for the congress, which will receive artists from several parts of the world in 2016.
Brazilian Dry Beans Forum will gather from producers to researchers next week at Foz do Iguaçu. One of the topics will be the opening of the region’s market.
Giant backpack will cross the Americas and will be filled with toys that will be sent to refugees in Jordan. It’s a UNHCR initiative and the action in Brazil will take place on June 19th and in August.
Sunbulah is one of the Arab companies that attended meetings with Brazilian honey producers this week in São Paulo. It should start importing from Brazil. Zemzani Company, from Morocco, also came.
In a lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce offices, José Roberto Mendonça de Barros discussed the country’s current scenario and gave suggestions for businesses to navigate the crisis.
Foreign sales by automakers operating from the country increased in May from April and helped improve year-to-date performance. However, the basis of comparison is too low, says a specialist.

