Importers of food who participated in meetings with Brazilian producers, in São Paulo, praised national products and believe they will close deals in the near future.
Author: Marina Sarruf
Marwan El Fouly, from the Egyptian Traders Co., met yesterday, in São Paulo, with around 10 Brazilian producers of food. More uncommon products pleased him the most.
Egyptian Traders Company, from Cairo, is one of the 25 food and beverage buyers to participate today and tomorrow in the business roundtables at the Brazilian Supermarket Convention, in São Paulo.
A container of mineral and coconut water, juice and soft drinks should be shipped to the Arab country this month. Contact between companies was made in May at the Apas fair, in São Paulo.
The destination is being promoted by operators and travel agencies at the 32nd Braztoa Trade Meeting. The Arab country has a stand at the fair and was the theme of one of the panels yesterday.
Buyers in the Middle East who participated in the business roundtables promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, in São Paulo, made positive contacts and believe they should start importing from Brazil.
Food, ceramics, decoration and paper towels were some of the items that the Middle Eastern importers at the Equipotel showed interest in buying from Brazil.
Raphael Karan has already travelled to over 50 countries in the five continents, always on a motorcycle. In October he should head to Egypt, and then on to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
The director of Interworld Foods, Abdul Rahiman, had over 30 meetings with fruit producers in São Paulo. Watermelon, melon and assai were the products that most interested the buyer.
The commercial consul of Egypt, Mahmoud Mazhar, who is in Minas Gerais, presented the Arab country as a tourist destination, attractive to investment and with ease for foreign trade.
Once a month, the organisation is going to promote event ‘Learn about the Arab Market’, aimed at small and medium businesses intending to export. The first is on Thursday.
Among the 18 international buyers to participate in the Febrava business roundtables is a company from the Emirates that is interested in importing air conditioners and cooling systems.
The first edition of the fair, which ends on Thursday at the Expo Center Norte, plans to attract producers, processors, exporters, distributors and importers from all over the world.
Representatives of Atlas Olive Oils are in São Paulo seeking a distributor. The company, which is over 120 years old, produces a million litres of extra-virgin olive oil a year.
