This is the number of Brazilian companies registered as suppliers to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Arab country. According to the deputy minister, Ali Ahmed Al-Siaghi, the business may grow. He also pointed out the existing business opportunities.
Author: Mark Ament
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, visited the offices of Yemen News Agency (Saba), in Yemen, yesterday. The topics discussed included the expansion of the partnership between ANBA and the agency, to include the exchange of journalists and special articles.
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, visited the offices of Yemen News Agency (Saba), in Yemen, yesterday. The topics discussed included the expansion of the partnership between ANBA and the agency, to include the exchange of journalists and special articles.
An oil producer, the country buys from food to raw materials and finished goods from abroad. Import fees are low, around 5%. The local economy and partnership possibilities with Brazil were the theme of a meeting yesterday, in the Arab country, between the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michal Alaby, and the chairman of the board of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Yemen, Mohammed Abdo Saeed.
Since the airline put into operation its direct flight between São Paulo and Dubai, in October last year, many famous Brazilians, especially in sports, have already used the sevices. These personalities include Milan football players Kaká, Digão, Dida, Cafu, Emerson, Ronaldo and Serginho and swimmer Gustavo Borges.
The Brazilian company was in first place in the ranking elaborated by Spanish consultancy company Management & Excellence. It was considered the global reference in ethics and sustainability, considering 387 international indices. Last year, the Brazilian company was in the second place in the research.
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture who participated in the food sector mission to the Arabian Gulf, which ended this week, were surprised with the local demand for agricultural products. They had meetings with leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, many of whom did not know the potential of Brazil in the agricultural area.
To simplify the insertion of Brazilian products in the market of the Gulf, WS Marketing Consultancy, a consultancy company from Bahrain, is seeking companies interested in having their products exhibited and represented in the Arab country. The consultancy company belongs to Brazilians.
The Arab country sent to the secretariat of the Mercosur, at the end of last year, a request for a framework agreement with the South American bloc, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. The Mercosur is gong to start talks for a treaty with another Arab country, Morocco, in April, during a meeting in Rabat.
Dubai International Airport has established a Flower Centre in its cargo terminal. The Flower Centre is a giant warehouse for perishable products. Flowers from several parts of the world that are going to be sold in the region arrive there. Representatives of the Arab Brazilian Chamber and of the Ministry of Agriculture were at the site yesterday and spoke about the export of Brazilian flowers.
The Brazilian companies participating in the Gulfood, in Dubai, closed US$ 10 million in business during the fair and should close another US$ 60 million over the next ten months. The food sector fair ended yesterday and the Brazilian stand received 3,000 visitors.
The Brazilian Association of Packaging is going to study the particularities of the Arab market during this and part of the next year. The objective is to discover what are the kinds of packages best accepted locally to make national products more adequate for the region. Last year, the sector registered total exports of US$ 479 million. The majority went to the countries of the Mercosur, the economic bloc that includes Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
In meetings with representatives of the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday, in Riyadh, Saudi leaders stated that the liquidity coming from oil and the local consumer habits are boosting the demand for foods. As the country is reducing local plantations to economise water for human consumption, it plans to import more from Brazil.
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