This information was disclosed by the majority partner at the sugar mill, Najib Assaf, who spoke to ANBA about the importance of the enterprise. According to him, it is one of the main private sector projects in Syria and the beginning of operations is currently one of the most commented topics.
Author: Mark Ament
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Sadia has purchased all the shares of Avícola Industrial Buriti Alegre Ltda (Goiaves), a slaughterhouse and poultry processing plant. Initially estimated at 60 million Brazilian reals (US$ 34.5 million), the operation was closed for 53.9 million reals (US$ 31 million). The facility will provide to Sadia additional capacity for
The Egyptian company already operates six aircraft of the Embraer 170 model. The value of the new contract is US$ 189 million and deliveries begin next year.
Six companies that produce marble and granite in Egypt are participating, starting today, in Vitória Stone Fair, a sector fair that takes place in the state of Espírito Santo. The state is the main Brazilian producer and importer of ornamental stones. The show should include 400 exhibitors.
The Great Brazil Express starts operating in April this year. Official inauguration took place in the city of Morretes, on the coast of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, and opens a new niche for the tourism market in the country. The composition is going to run a distance of 500 kilometres in the state and the forecast is to attract 2,100 foreign tourists per year.
The factory, located in Homs region, in Syria, produces 1,000 tonnes a day, a volume that may be tripled in three months. The enterprise is the result of a joint venture between the Brazilian Crystalsev, multinational Cargill and Syrian businessman Najib Assaf. Raw sugar, used as an input, is imported from Brazil.
Agência Sebrae* Brasília – The Brazilian exports of flowers and ornamental plants reached a new record in 2007. Sector sales reached US$ 35.28 million, 9.18% more than in 2006. This result is due to the simultaneous occurrence of factors like the persistent appreciation of the Brazilian real against the dollar and to the recent recovery
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) has reached US$ 2.001 billion, with exports of US$ 19.430 billion and imports of US$ 17.429 billion this year, in 31 working days. The trade balance surplus accumulated in the period is 53.1% smaller than that registered up to the third week of
Bia Brazil Fitness, a sports clothes producer from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, already exports to 43 countries, including Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. Business with the Arab countries began last year. Since September, the brand has had a distributor in Lebanon and is now negotiating with one more, in Dubai.
Embaré, a maker of caramel sweets, milk and dairy products, already exports its sweets to the Arab countries. Now the company wants to win the market with dairy products. To present the new line, the company is going to participate in the Gulfood, a food sector fair to take place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, at the end of the month.
The Brazilian companies that participated in the medical and hospital sector fair in Dubai closed deals for the value of US$ 2.8 million. Olidef CZ, for example, which participated in the fair for the fourth time, is going to export incubators and infant radiant warmers to Saudi Arabia.
