According to Euromonitor, expansion of urban life and the middle class, greater credit and more youngsters should make the country a greater consumer reference in Latin America by 2020.
Author: Marina Sarruf
The Fair of the Americas, in the tourism sector, includes stands from Jordan, Egypt and Palestine. The most visited is the Jordanian, popular as the country is the setting for a Globo TV soap opera.
Up to 2011, European, North Americans and Middle Eastern investment is expected. This information was supplied by the minister of Tourism, Luiz Barreto, who participated in a sector event in Rio.
Brazil should present, on November 2nd, investment opportunities in agribusiness at a seminar in Riyadh. This is a beginning of closer ties with countries lacking productive land but with food demand.
Managers of the main energy companies and investment funds in the Emirates visited Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and São Paulo to learn about the potential of sectors in each state.
Abdallah Nahyan, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates, spoke to his colleague, Celso Amorim, and to minister Edison Lobão about cooperation in the renewable energy sector in Brasília yesterday.
Abdallah bin Zayed Nahyan, the minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates, should have meetings in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo starting today. A delegation of businessmen is with him.
Workshop ‘Get to Know the Arab Market’, promoted at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce offices in São Paulo, attracted businessmen from the food, building and electronics sectors.
In November, Doha should simulate a mini World Cup to promote football in the Arab country. The players of Al Jazeera Academy should represent Brazil and participate in several friendly matches.
Shopping centre Ajman City Centre, in the Emirates, has just got a franchise of the Brazilian shoe brand. The company, which already exports to the Emirates, has a new partnership in the country.
Company Cláudio Vogel is going to ship four containers to Saudi Arabia. The deal was closed at Saudi Build, in Riyadh. Most of the Brazilian companies that participated closed deals.
The Brazilian DXB, which is participating in Saudi Build, in Riyadh, should ship 10 containers of quartzite stone to Saudi Arabia. The value of the order is around US$ 1 million.
The second day of Saudi Build generated positive contacts for Brazilian companies. One of them, WK Comercial Exportadora, closed the sale of a hot tub.
One of the main food fairs in the world, to take place in Germany, should include 120 Brazilian companies. Among the visitors expected are Arab buyers.
