Yesterday, Mohammed Naji Otri participated in the opening ceremony of the Damascus International Fair, which counts on the participation of 4,500 exhibitors from 48 countries, including Brazil.
Author: Marina Sarruf
Retailers from the Emirates and Egypt will be among 24 importers invited by the High-End Furniture Manufacturers Association to attend sector fair Abimad, which starts on the 30th in São Paulo.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber will organize a meeting for Arab importers and Brazilian exporters during the world’s 5th largest hotel sector fair, to be held in the city of São Paulo in September.
The organization’s stand will receive catalogues and promotional material from Brazilian companies willing to promote their products at the Syrian multisectoral fair, which starts on July 14th.
In order to expand Brazilian shoe exports, the Brazilian Association of Shoe Manufacturers (Abicalçados) has invited 19 international companies, among them Saudi and Kuwaiti ones, to the fair.
A partnership between the Export Promotion Agency and the Architecture Firms Association aims to export US$ 3.5 million in services. One of the first actions will occur in October, in the Emirates.
The Arab country’s minister of Industry, Fawzi Hariri, met with Mercedes-Benz representatives in São Bernardo do Campo, in the Greater São Paulo, and expressed interest in importing 250 lorries.
The cosmetics manufacturing company is scheduling a technical mission to the country, alongside its European distributors, to promote Brazilian products in the market and better cater to the region.
The Brazilian producer of table ceramics should open its first office abroad in August. Beirut, the capital of the Arab country, was chosen for its strategic location in the Middle East.
According to a survey commissioned by the Export Promotion Agency (Apex), establishing partnerships in the Arab countries is the best way of exporting clothing, cosmetics, shoes and jewellery.
A study disclosed yesterday by the Apex shows that the growing demand of the youth in the Middle East contributes to greater sales of clothes, costume jewellery, cosmetics and shoes.
In the foreign market, Al Ostoura, in the Arab country, is the client that imports most dresses by the Brazilian stylist. In 2010, Dzenk plans to make its first visit to clients in the Middle East.
With lower Brazilian exports to markets like Argentina and the United States, the superintendant director at the Textile Association, Fernando Pimentel, bets on non-traditional markets.
After months of negotiation and a visit of an Algerian buyer to its plant, furniture company Móveis Carraro is going to ship three containers of furnishing to a storeowner in the Arab country.

