From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Atech Tecnologias Críticas, a Brazilian company that develops systems and software mainly for the aeronautics sector won the Foreign Trade Prominence Award 2005, in the service export category. The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and Brazilian Foreign Trade Association (AEB) award was given during the National Foreign
Author: Mark Ament
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce has a stand at the National Foreign Trade Meeting to show trade possibilities in the Arab market. Yesterday, on the first day of the meeting, the stand was visited by many people.
The figure was presented yesterday by the secretary general of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Riyadh, Hussein Al Athel, to the Brazilian delegation that is in the Arab country. Athel spoke of the growth of Saudi Arabia and invited the Brazilians to participate in the expansion process. He stated that Brazil, next to China, India and South Africa, is currently a priority trade partner.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Dubai Air Show, which began on Sunday (20), in the United Arab Emirates, has the participation of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer. The company is exhibiting its EMB 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft for the first time. The show promotes advances in the Intelligence, Surveillance and
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ministers and representatives of state governments are going to participate in the official opening of the meeting at Glória Hotel, at 03:00 pm today. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will have an institutional stand at the site.
A Brazilian trade delegation that is currently in Saudi Arabia met yesterday with the assistant secretary general for Economic Affairs at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Mohammed Al-Mazrooei. He suggested the organization of the meeting to bring both blocs closer together. The Gulf and the Mercosur are negotiating a free trade agreement.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika stated his wish yesterday during a meeting he had with the Brazilian ministers of Development, Luiz Fernando Furlan, and Mines and Energy, Silas Rondeau, in Algiers. The meeting was the last activity for the ministers in the mission they led to Algeria. Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and Sonatrach, its Algerian counterpart, also started discussing the details of the partnership they plan on holding and that should include the construction of a gas liquefaction plant.
Four companies are going to participate in Jewellery Arabia, one of the largest fairs in the sector in the Middle East, which begins today and goes on up to November 27 in Manama, the capital of the Arab country. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will be represented at the fair.
A group of 20 producers of leather components, shoes and artefacts are travelling to five countries in Africa. One of the activities of the mission was participation in Inter Leather, a leather sector fair, which took place in Cairo. Several of the companies closed deals. Uniflex, a producer of shoe soles, received orders for US$ 18,000, and Polako, specialized in moulds for sole injection, sold US$ 10,000.
Hanna Saliba, who is the director of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Syria, was in the country up to last week accompanying the minister of Economy and Trade of Syria, Amer Lutfi. He has the intention of organizing a trip by a delegation of Syrian businessmen to Brazil in 2006.
The companies that participated in the Big 5 Show, the construction sector fair in the United Arab Emirates that ended on Sunday, intend to return next year. All of the companies that participated left with deals closed or almost closed. Esul, a maker of doors and windows, is going to ship five containers of doors to Libya, due to contacts made at the fair.
A group of companies, banks and organizations from Brazil, led by the Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty), should start a series of activities in the Arab country today. The objective is to establish partnerships and increase bilateral trade. Construction company Odebrecht, chemical product company Braskem, trader Comexort and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce are some of the organizations participating in the delegation.
