During a meeting with the Santa Catarina governor, Arab ambassadors said the Brazilian state can import more goods from their countries. In the state, they also met with businessmen and the mayor of the capital Florianópolis.
Author: Marcos Carrieri
Marcos Carrieri
A journalist with stints in daily newspapers and press offices, he holds a master’s degree from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in business communications from the Methodist University of São Paulo.
Diplomats from Middle Eastern and North African countries will be welcomed by the state governor and the mayor of Florianópolis, and will meet with businessmen to expand business relations.
Airlines which fly to São Paulo will start using a new facility in Cumbica, due for inauguration in May. The companies are expecting more comfort and the possibility to increase frequencies.
The prime minister of the Arab country and Dubai’s emir, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum met with president Dilma Rousseff, vice president Michel Temer, ministers and businessmen this Tuesday, in Brasilia.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is also travelling to Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The agenda includes negotiations for strategic partnerships, agriculture in Africa and mutual investment.
In March, the airline’s flights to Abu Dhabi left São Paulo with an average occupancy of 75.2%, the best rate since the company started operating in the country. During the World Cup, a larger aircraft will be used.
After a period of three years closed, the Immigration Museum will reopen to the public in the end of May, in São Paulo. The building was repaired and a permanent exhibition will offer “sensory” experiences to visitors.
Workshop with the president of the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals, Wilen Manteli, will take place on the 16th, in São Paulo.
Jebel Ali Free Zone executives will outline the advantages the facility can offer businessmen in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
More than 30 companies have expressed interest five days after the call for tender was published. Foreign companies are eligible to bid in the auction held by the São Paulo state government.
According to the Dubai-based company’s senior vice president for Cargo and Revenue Optimization, the region saw a 45% in cargo throughput in 2013. Global flows have grown again after years of instability.
Ubabef, for poultry, and Abipecs, for pork, are now extinct; their executives have formed the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), for increased representativeness. Relations with Arabs remain the same.
During a lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, the economist José Roberto Mendonça de Barros said Brazil will have a difficult year, but the quest for more foreign markets should prove helpful.
“Growth through Youth” is this year’s theme at the Jeddah Economic Forum, in Saudi Arabia. An Arab Brazilian Chamber director will attend the meeting.
