Michel Sallouti, in Brazil for 50 years, is going to inaugurate his first individual exhibit at the West Gallery on Wednesday. Entitled White Souled, Sallouti brings 27 white works.
Author: Marina Sarruf
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, made a presentation to building sector companies yesterday. Around 20 businessmen in the field are going to Dubai in November.
Over 100 Brazilian companies are going to participate in the Sial, a large food and beverage sector fair to take place in Paris, in October. The expectation is also to close deals with Arab buyers.
The Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association hopes to break records in exports to the Middle East this year. The region is the main market for the sector.
This statement was made by the governor of the Brazilian Central Bank, Henrique Meirelles, who guaranteed, in São Paulo, that the country is prepared and can face the current North American crisis.
Brazilian foreign trade company Agroway is organizing a trade mission to the Arab country to present the potential for Brazilian products at the Expo Sudan fair, in November.
Fiesc launched yesterday a building sector trade mission to the Arab country. Ten companies have already registered. In partnership with the CNI and the Arab Chamber, the mission covers 21 states.
Kapci, a maker of paints for vehicle repainting, has opened an office in São Paulo. The idea is to sell products all around the country and also in neighbouring nations. The company is at Feitintas.
La Rioja, one of the main importers of olive oil in Brazil, is interested in expanding imports of olive oil from the Arab countries. The Tunisian product is already being distributed worldwide.
The exhibition, to take place this month, should include miniature replicas and images of the Akhenaton, Tutankhamun and Ramses II dynasties. They were brought by Egyptologist Marisa Castello Branco.
Marjane Holding, a supermarket chain with 18 stores in the Arab country, is one of 20 companies invited by Apex-Brazil and the Abras to attend business meetings in São Paulo, on the 24th and 25th.
General Products should ship its second load to the Arab country this year. By the end of the month, the company should export US$ 90,000 to three Egyptian companies. One has doubled its order.
To expand sales of grain on the domestic and foreign markets, large Brazilian companies have established a non-GM grain association. They are going to promote the initiative abroad.
The 2007/2008 harvest in Brazil was 143.87 million tonnes, growth of 9.2% over the previous crop. The record result confirms the tendency for growth of agribusiness.
