Mercur S. A., which completed 80 years of operation on the market last year, wants to increase exports to the Arab market with the sale of products in its school equipment line, such as erasers. The company currently sells to the region rubber sheets and flooring to be used in civil construction.
Author: Mark Ament
Brazilian company Consult & Television is responsible for the installation in Brazil of the transmission system of 10 television channels from Lebanon, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya and Yemen. The service has already been installed for around 3,000 users, according to the company director, Hugo Alabi. The search for Arab television channels has been increasing among Brazilians, said Alabi.
According to specialists, Brazilian companies may use one of the countries in the region as an export base to the others. But they must invest or sign some local partnership so as to have the advantage of zero tariffs, forecasted in the agreement that started on January 01, as the product must have a specific percentage of locally made components.
The tariff preference treaties signed by the South American bloc with African countries and India include products made in Free Zones, and this should increase sales by the Free Zones. In the area, there are 430 companies, which generate around 440,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Strengthening their strategy for expansion of sales to the Arab market, the paintbrush and painting accessory maker will establish a partnership with a local representative and will also participate in fair Dubai Hardware 2005, to take place between May 15 and 17.
The fund was released in December, by banks and pension funds, to invest in projects for alternative energy sources. The initial investment was approximately US$ 278 million, but the capital may reach US$ 450 million.
In the second semester of 2004 the Federal University of Paraná inaugurated the Ethnic Identity Processes Study Nucleus, to research the migratory movements with emphasis on the Arabs and their relations with Brazil. The centre gathers researchers from the fields of psychology, philosophy, history, economics, international relations and social communications.
In the second semester of 2004 the Federal University of Paraná inaugurated the Ethnic Identity Processes Study Nucleus, to research the migratory movements with emphasis on the Arabs and their relations with Brazil. The centre gathers researchers from the fields of psychology, philosophy, history, economics, international relations and social communications.
Foreign sales by company A. Grings, which owns brands Piccadilly and Cally, answer to 30% of production. Around 10% of the exports are turned to the Middle East. The company has customers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and Iraq.
In 2004 the company sold 72 trucks of the FH and FM models to Saudi company Zahid Tractor. During a visit by seven businessmen from the Arab country to the company factory, in Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, last September, they also showed interest in purchasing buses. Volvo answers to one quarter of the Brazilian heavy truck market, over 16 tonnes.
There are no official statistics, but the communications department of the Emirati embassy in Brazilian capital Brasília informs that the number of work visa requests has been rising since 2000. The country in the Middle East, which has 75% of its population made up of foreigners, receives from doctors to athletes from Brazil. So as to work in the Emirates, however, it is necessary for foreigners to have a contract at a company in the country before travelling.
There are no official statistics, but the communications department of the Emirati embassy in Brazilian capital Brasília informs that the number of work visa requests has been rising since 2000. The country in the Middle East, which has 75% of its population made up of foreigners, receives from doctors to athletes from Brazil. So as to work in the Emirates, however, it is necessary for foreigners to have a contract at a company in the country before travelling.
Company Carci, from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, is already selling to Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Jordan and Tunisia and will be shipping its first products to Saudi Arabia in January. The company, which exports to around 20 countries, supplies electrotherapy and mechanotherapy equipment to the Arabs. Carci wants to find more representatives in the region for 2005 and also to start selling to Libya and Iraq.
