The company from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina is going to ship, in March, a total of 190,000 products, among them plates and soup bowls. The value is estimated at US$ 115,000. The company, which already sells to Lebanon, also wants to enter the markets in Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait.
Author: Mark Ament
With an eye on the increase in demand for clean fuels, in the next five years the company will invest in infrastructure projects, among them the construction of alcohol pipelines and cargo terminals. All undertakings will be made in the state of São Paulo, which answers to the greatest part of the production in the country.
The activities of the delegation that travelled to the Middle East to promote trade relations between Brazil and the region began today. Representatives of 17 companies, financial institutions and national organizations are going to participate, up to Wednesday, in business roundtables and seminars in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. According to Antônio Sarkis Jr., president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, the trip is also going to serve the purpose of identifying businessmen interested in c
There was 1.9% growth in the number of people employed in comparison to 2003. In the last quarter of the year, the growth registered was 4.3% and in December, 4.4%. In December, the sectors that most contributed to this performance were those of food and beverages, machinery and equipment, and transport means. São Paulo was the state that presented the best figures in the month.
The guide prepared by the Brazilian Halal Food Centre (Cibal) was prepared to explain to exporters and importers the workings of halal slaughter. The centre started operating in 1974, when a greater number of Brazilian companies started exporting to the Middle East. Now the organization does service for 55 companies. Among these companies is Perdigão, which has a model halal slaughter unit in Videira (in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina). At the site they have a mosque, a sheikh an
Prime minister Ahmed Qorei received the invitation from Celso Amorim, the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, in Ramallah. The Brazilian minister also met president Mahmoud Abbas and foreign ministers Nabil Shaath, from Palestine, and Hani Mulki, from Jordan. On Tuesday, Amorim will announce the installation of a Brazilian embassy in Doha, Qatar.
Incomaq, from the city of Caxias do Sul, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, produces 30,000 items a month and already sells to the United State and Russia. The line of products includes condiment and paper towel holders, baskets for planned kitchens and shoe holders for inbuilt cupboards.
The Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations is going to meet the president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and with prime minister Ahmed Qorei. He will make a tour of ten Arab countries. The main subjects to be covered will be the Arab and South American summit to take place in May, in Brazilian capital Brasília, and trade relations. Between February 21 and 24, the minister will be heading a trade mission to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The document was signed yesterday by the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., and by Thabet Taher, secretary general of the federation, which represents sector associations in 11 Arab countries. According to the text, the two parties committed to exchange economics information, to advise businessmen interested in bilateral trade, to promote investment opportunities, and to promote tourism, among other actions.
Oudeh Aklouk, the director of Aklouk Cousins Co., is mainly interested in auto parts. He is one of the members of the Arab trade mission that is in São Paulo, the largest business centre in Brazil, and participated in business roundtables promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. Brazilian and Arab businessmen left the event optimistic about the opportunities that arose at the event, which ended yesterday.
Alexandre Rocha * São Paulo – The summit between Arab and South American countries, to take place in Brazilian capital Brasília, in May this year, should strengthen trade between Brazil and the Arab world. This is the evaluation of Faris Muft, the Jordanian ambassador in Brasília, who participated this morning (14) in the opening of
The president of the CCAB, Antonio Sarkis Jr., greeted the members of the mission of businessmen from five Arab countries who are in São Paulo showing the good figures of Brazilian foreign trade. Today and tomorrow, the group of businessmen will be participating in business roundtables at Renaissance hotel.
Sadia (meats), Klin (shoes) and Niasi (cosmetics) are some of the companies to participate in meetings with importers from Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon and Palestine at Renaissance hotel. One of the Brazilian companies that will be at the event, Fic/Phihong, which makes electronic equipment, plans to discuss the installation of a factory in the region. To some companies, among them garment manufacturer Beth Bebê, the roundtables may be an opportunity to start exporting.
