This statement was made by the Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, yesterday, during a seminar that brought together Brazilian and Algerian businessmen in Algiers. The seminar is part of the activities of the Brazilian trade mission to the Arab country. Greater trade was also the main topic of the meetings that the minister had with Algerian authorities.
Author: Mark Ament
The agreement for cooperation signed by the Brazilian and Algerian oil companies in 2003 will start being put into practice in the near future. This was one of the decisions taken during a meeting between the minister of mines and energy of Brazil, Silas Rondeau, and his Algerian colleague, Chakib Khelil, yesterday, in Algiers. Rondeau is participating in a Brazilian trade mission to the Arab country, which includes around 50 companies and organizations.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná plan to organize a trade mission to the region next year. The initiative is part of the commemorations of the 20 years since the opening of the Arab Brazilian Chamber office in Paraná, which is run by Kamal David Curi.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – The Spanish multinational Endesa will be at the Rio de Janeiro stock market today ready to buy 15 million tons of carbon credits which it will use between now and 2012. This is the first direct purchase of carbon credits in a developing nation. Endesa operates companies "Ampla" and "Coelce"
Esul Esquadrias Uliana is going to ship five containers of wooden doors to Libya over the coming months. The deal was closed during the Big 5 Show, the construction sector fair that ended yesterday in Dubai and included the presence of six companies and one sector association from Brazil. This will be the first time Esul exports to an Arab country.
The 25th National Foreign Trade Meeting (Enaex) is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Around 3,000 participants are expected, as well as Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ministers and representatives of state governments. According to the organizers, the Enaex will be an opportunity for dialogue between the government and exporters. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will have a stand at the event.
Bus maker Neobus, from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, is one more company from the country to start operating in the Arab world. The company has established a partnership with Cevital group, which also operates with another Brazilian company, Randon, in the production of semi-trailers. The site for the plants, in Algiers, was visited yesterday by the Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, who is heading a trade mission to the
Inter Leather began yesterday and goes on up to Sunday in Cairo. In all, seven Brazilian companies are present in a stand organized by the Brazilian Association of Shoe and Leather Components Industries.
Company Braminas, from the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, has already been visited by many importers from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait during the Big 5 Show. Among them, some have shown interest in importing between 3,000 and 20,000 square metres of granite. The stones that are most sought are the blue and pink ones.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Yesterday the BioFach opened its doors in Rio de Janeiro. It is the most important international organic products fair, a sector that had worldwide sales of US$26.5 billion last year. The fair runs until Friday (18) and will count on the presence of 200 Brazilian and foreign expositions. The
Agência Brasil Recife – The business potential inherent in the socio-economic diversity of the Latin American countries will be demonstrated to European entrepreneurs and government, university, and research institute representatives at the III Connect, which, from Wednesday (16) until Friday (18), is bringing together more than 150 representatives of 16 countries in Recife, in Northeastern
Members of 20 companies in sectors like leather components, shoes and artefacts are going to visit Egypt, Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa and Kenya with the objective of prospecting new business. They are going to stay in the region up to December. The mission began in Egypt today.
The largest fair in the civil construction sector in the Middle East began in Dubai yesterday. The businessmen who are participating in the Brazilian stand consider the contacts made positive. Ceramic tile producer Antigua, for example, hopes to close a first deal today.
